The introduction of alien species (AS) in marine environments is a factor of disturbance that
can be viewed as a pollution agent. Using basic information on abundance and distribution …

Most larger water bodies worldwide are used for navigation, and the intensity of commercial
and recreational navigation is expected to further increase. Navigation profoundly affects …

The earliest civilizations flourished on the banks of navigable rivers. Indeed, their first
monumental hydrological construction projects were concerned with irrigation and transport …

In total 61 aquatic alien species (AAS) are known from Belgian marine and brackish waters,
eight of which are considered as cryptogenic species. The majority of the Belgian AAS have …

M ore than 140 aquatic alien species (AAS) have been reported from coastlines of the N orth
Sea and the Baltic Sea and from inland w aters w ithin the national borders of Germ any. The …

In one of the largest European rivers, the Elbe, from its source in the Czech Republic to the
German North Sea, 31 alien macrozoobenthic species have been recorded in total. Most of …

Knowledge of the reproductive strategy is a key prerequisite to predict population dynamics
and potential invasiveness of both native and non-indigenous outbreak-forming species. In …

ORDERS LOPHOGASTRIDA BOAS, 1883, STYGIOMYSIDA TCHINDONOVA, 1981, AND
MYSIDA BOAS, 1883 (ALSO KNOWN COLLECTIVELY AS MYSIDACEA)1) Page 1 CHAPTER …

Introduced aquatic species have received more attention in north-western Europe following
the summaries from the German North Sea coast (Gollasch 1996; Nehring and Leuchs …

Biological invasions have been object of ecological research for years. As one objective,
natural scientists investigate the effects of invasive species on ecosystems and their …