First record of Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz 1865 in the Baltic Sea

By Jamileh Javidpour, Ulrich Sommer, T. Shiganova. 2006

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The invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi was first recorded in the Kiel Bight (western Baltic Sea) on 17 October 2006 during a regular weekly sampling program. The M. leidyi abundance gradually increased from 29.5±12.7 ind.m-3 in mid-October to 92.3±22.4 ind.m-3 in late November 2006. The occurrence of M. leidyi in the Baltic Sea is of great concern as this invader has caused negative impacts in the southern seas of Europe.

Subfields: Oceanography, Paleontology

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Citations in the corpus

• Invasion dynamics of the alien ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi and its impact on anchovy collapse in the Black Sea (2008, background): “It was recently observed at growing quantities in western and northern European coastal waters as well as the Baltic Sea (Faasse and Bayha, 2006; Javidpour et al., 2006; Boersma et al., 2007; Haslob et al., 2007; Lehtiniemi et al., 2007; Oliveira, 2007; Riisgård et al., 2007; Viitasalo et al.,…”
• Jellyfish populations in the Mediterranean Sea (2012, background): “This problem likely leads to invasions going undetected in other parts of the world as well – in the Baltic Sea, the presence of the highly invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi was reported only after a female Iranian scientist visited the area and recognized the invader (JAVIDPOUR et al. , 2006) .”
• Multiple introductions and invasion pathways for the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in Eurasia (2011, background): “In 2006 it was found in the Baltic and North seas (Faasse and Bayha 2006; Javidpour et al. 2006, 2009; Boersma et al. 2007).”
• Blooms of the invasive ctenophore, Mnemiopsis leidyi, span the Mediterranean Sea in 2009 (2010, background): “Additional introductions have transported the ctenophore to the Caspian Sea (1999) (Ivanov et al., 2000; Shiganova et al., 2001) and the North and Baltic seas (first observations 2006) (Faasse & Bayha, 2006; Javidpour et al., 2006 ).”
• First record of Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz, 1865 (Ctenophora; Lobata; Mnemiidae) off the Mediterranean coast of Israel (2009, background): “…species, Mediterranean, Israel Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz, 1865, indigenous in western Atlantic coastal waters (40°N to 46°S), has spread in the past three decades to the Black, Caspian, Baltic and North seas (Mianzan 1999; Shiganova et al. 2001a; Javidpour et al. 2006; Faasse et al. 2006).”
• The presence of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in the Oslofjorden and considerations on the initial invasion pathways to the North and Baltic Seas (2007, background): “The recent reports on the M. leidyi presence in the Baltic (Javidpour 2006, Hansson 2006, Kube et al. 2007) and North Sea ( Faasse and Bayha 2006, Boersma et al. 2007) alarmed the scientific community, since those are some of the most productive fishery areas of the world.”
• Effects of low salinity on settlement and strobilation of scyphozoa (Cnidaria): Is the lion’s mane Cyanea capillata (L.) able to reproduce in the brackish Baltic Sea? (2010, background): “Also the invasive ctenophore, Mnemiopsis leidyi Agassiz, 1865, recorded in masses in the Baltic Sea since 2006, presumably was introduced by shipping (Javidpour et al., 2006).”