Ecosystem Transformation (), 120-146

The state of benthic and planktonic invasive species in adjacent to St. Petersburg waters of the Gulf of Finland in 2018 as against the data for 2014

Filippov A.A. , Kokorin A.I., Genelt-Yanovskaya A.S., Polyakova N.V.  , Starkov A.I., Nikishina D.V., Gerasimova A.V.

In 2018, a total of 45–57 zooplankton and 23–81 benthos taxa, as well as 0–6 alien zooplankton and 3–7 invasive zoobenthos species were found in different parts of the water area of the Gulf of Finland adjacent to St. Petersburg. From 2014 to 2018, aboriginal zooplankton and zoobenthos communities in the studied area remained relatively unchanged, while the populations of invasive species changed significantly. The range of some alien planktonic species extended to the east, i.e. to the Neva Bay, which could be due to their transfer from the adjacent areas of the Gulf of Finland. As compared to 2014, in 2018, a smaller number of invasive species in zoobenthos (only 10 species versus 14), as well as a significant reduction in the range or abundance of some invasive benthic species were recorded.

A. A. Filippov
Eco-Express-Service LLC
Zanevsky pr. 32/3, office 12, St. Petersburg, 195112 Russia

Cand. Sci. (Biological Sciences), head specialist
andrew_filippov@mail.ru

A. I. Kokorin
Center for Marine Research, Lomonosov Moscow State University,
Leninskie Gory 1/77, office 402, Moscow, 119992 Russia

head of the laboratory

A. S. Genelt-Yanovskaya
St. Petersburg State University
16th line of Vasilievsky Island 29, office 310, St. Petersburg, 199178 Russia

senior lab technician

N. V. Polyakova
A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences
Leninskiy prospekt 33, Moscow, 119071 Russia

researcher
nvpnataly@yandex.ru

A. I. Starkov
St. Petersburg State University
16th line of Vasilievsky Island 29, office 310, St. Petersburg, 199178 Russia

engineer

D. V. Nikishina
St. Petersburg State University
16th line of Vasilievsky Island 29, office 310, St. Petersburg, 199178 Russia

senior lab technician

A. V. Gerasimova
St. Petersburg State University
16th line of Vasilievsky Island 29, office 310, St. Petersburg, 199178 Russia

Doc. Sci. (Biological Sciences), associate professor

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