Long-Term Distribution of Alien Species of Macroinvertebrates in the Ecosystems of the Dnieper Reservoirs

Success factors and future prospects of Ponto–Caspian peracarid (Crustacea: Malacostraca) invasions: Is ‘the worst over’?

“…After World War II, a dam was built on the Dnieper-Bug canal allowing only occasional ship traffic (Karatayev et al 2008); still, Dikerogammarus villosus and D. haemobaphes (Eichwald, 1841) were able to reach Poland via this route around the millennium (Grabowski et al 2007b). Beside them, several other species have expanded their range within the Dnieper basin mainly (but not exclusively) as a result of deliberate introduction (Mastitsky and Makarevich 2007;Semenchenko and Vezhnovetz 2008;Pligin et al 2014). Ponto-Caspian species were also transported to the Baltic states in the 1960-70s; four mysid and three amphipod species established in the Baltic region after having been released in Lithuanian or Estonian reservoirs and lakes (Arbaciauskas 2002;Herkül et al 2009).…”

“…The species list for the southern corridor is presented after Lyashenko et al 2012 Băcescu, 1938 omitted for lack of evidence for occurrence in freshwater). The species list for the central corridor was compiled after Dediu (1980), Komarova (1991), Pligin et al (2014), and Vasilenko and Jaume (2015). Regarding amphipod taxonomy we conformed to Lowry and Myers (2013) with the modifications of Hou and Sket (2016).…”

Diversity and distribution of genetic variation in gammarids: Comparing patterns between invasive and non‐invasive species

“…This example relates to human-mediated introductions, and ship ballast water has been assumed as the most probable transport vector of such long-range transoceanic expansions (Ricciardi & MacIsaac, 2000). Cristescu et al, 2003;Pligin, Matchinskaya, Zheleznyak, & Linchuk, 2014;Semenchenko & Vezhnovetz, 2008). In contrast, some other gammarids such as Gammarus locusta, Gammarus salinus, Gammarus zaddachi, and Gammarus oceanicus are restricted to native regions and are all commonly found in the Baltic Sea (Herkül, Lauringson, & Kotta, 2016).…”

“…This example relates to human‐mediated introductions, and ship ballast water has been assumed as the most probable transport vector of such long‐range transoceanic expansions (Ricciardi & MacIsaac, ). At a much smaller geographic scale, but most likely also facilitated by human intervention, the native Ponto‐Caspian species Pontogammarus maeoticus and Obesogammarus crassus are expected to spread toward central and eastern Europe as examples of gradual invasions through rivers and canals (Bij de Vaate, Jazdzewski, Ketelaars, Gollasch, & Van der Velde, ; Cristescu et al., ; Pligin, Matchinskaya, Zheleznyak, & Linchuk, ; Semenchenko & Vezhnovetz, ). In contrast, some other gammarids such as Gammarus locusta , Gammarus salinus , Gammarus zaddachi, and Gammarus oceanicus are restricted to native regions and are all commonly found in the Baltic Sea (Herkül, Lauringson, & Kotta, ).…”

The problem of assessing the viability of invasive species in the conditions of the steppe zone of Ukraine

“…The last 20 years have seen an intense process of fauna transformation in the Dnieper reservoirs. Invasion and distribution of invertebrates occurred (Pligin et al, 2013, Semenchenko et al, 2015. During the period 2000-2015 alone the species composition of the benthos fauna was enrichened by 6 species (Table 3).…”