Abstract The Pontocaspian (Black Sea-Caspian Sea) region has a very dynamic history of
basin development and biotic evolution. The region is the remnant of a once vast Paratethys …

The unique aquatic Pontocaspian (PC) biota of the Black Sea Basin (BSB) is in decline. The
lack of detailed knowledge on the status and trends of species, populations, and …

Young-of-the-year fish communities are widely used as bioindicators of various
environmental disturbances. This study was conducted from 1997 to 2015 and aims to …

Until the 2000s, faunal exchange between endemic faunas of the Caspian Sea basin and
the Azov-Black Sea (aka Pontic) basin was asymmetrical, with fauna heading towards the …

Romania and Ukraine share the Black Sea coastline, the Danube Delta and associated
habitats, which harbor the endemic, aquatic Pontocaspian biota. Currently, this biota is …

An annotated checklist of non-native benthic macroinvertebrates and fish in 6 sub-basins
(assessment units) of the Dnieper River is presented (based on a literature survey and the …

In invasive species ecology, risk identification is an essential first step of the overall risk
analysis process. In this study, 24 non-native freshwater macroinvertebrate species were …

New information on the occurrence of two alien decapod crustaceans, Macrobrachium
nipponense and Procambarus virginalis, was summarized for Ukraine. The invasive …

This article proposes a completely new method of resolving the pressing global
environmental problem of assessment the capacity of invasive organisms to adapt to new …

Ponto–Caspian peracarids (amphipods, isopods, mysids and cumaceans) represent one of
the most successful groups of aquatic invaders comprising several high-impact species …