Changes in biodiversity of phytoplankton, zooplankton, fishes and macrobenthos in the Southern Caspian Sea after the invasion of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis Leidyi

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2343-2361

  Roohi, Aboulghasem ^a   Kideys, Ahmet E ^b   Sajjadi, Ameneh ^c   Hashemian, Abdolla ^a   Pourgholam, Reza ^a   Fazli, Hasan ^a   Khanari, Ali Ganjian ^a   Eker Develi, Elif ^d  

^a Caspian Sea Ecology Research Center   (Iran)

^b Permanent Secretariat Commission on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution   (Turkey)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Caspian Sea; Fishes; Macrobenthos; Mnemiopsis leidyi; Phytoplankton; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DEPOSIT FEEDER; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FISH; GRAZING PRESSURE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYCHAETE; POPULATION DECLINE; ZOOPLANKTON;

CASPIAN SEA;

ANNELIDA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CRUSTACEA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; EURYTEMORA; MNEMIOPSIS LEIDYI; NEANTHES DIVERSICOLOR; NODULARIA; PISCES; POLYCHAETA; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS;

EID: 77953957914     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9648-4     Document Type: Article

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