decision support system for management of invasive aquatic species in the black sea basin

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Decision Support System for Management of Invasive Aquatic Species in the Black Sea

BasinVadim E. PANOV

Saint Petersburg State University, Russian Federation

Boris G. ALEXANDROVInstitute of Biology of the Southern Seas, Odessa Branch, Odessa, Ukraine

Mikhail O. SON Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, Odessa Branch, Odessa, Ukraine

Vitaly P. SEMENCHENKOThe Scientific and Practical Center for Bioresources of the National Academy of

Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus

Frances LUCY Institute of Technology, Sligo, Ireland

Vladimir S. SHESTAKOV Saint Petersburg State University, Russian Federation

3rd Bi-annual BS Scientific Conference and UP-GRADE BS-SCENE Project Joint Conference, 31 October - 4 November 2011, Odessa, Ukraine

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Black Sea catchment area

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Black Sea area and invasion corridors

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Long-term dynamics of new records of alien species

in the Black and the Azov seas (after Alexandrov 2010)

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Main pathways of alien species invasions

in the Black Sea (after Alexandrov et al. 2007)

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Network of experts

Network of stakeholders

Concept of the regional Decision Support System on IAS with early warning functions

Network of experts

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Main elements of the regional Decision Support System on IAS with early warning

functions

(1) IAS monitoring system

(network of experts)

network of experts

(2) Online information system supported by (1) directly and via open access journal Aquatic Invasions

(3) Information transmitter system linking decision-makers with (2)

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http://www.reabic.net

Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre (REABIC) information system

At present REABIC is serving as an independent virtual data centre for applied research and

management of invasive species focusing on the Euro-Asian region and providing online services

for interested stakeholders.

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REABIC as an important part of the developing distributed EU information system on invasive

species

EC Invasive Alien Species Working Group Report: Establishment of an EU information system on alien and invasive alien species (2011)

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http://www.reabic.net/dbExp.html

REABIC Experts Database

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http://www.reabic.net/ZnExp.aspx

Experts database

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Expert communication at ResearchGate –

keeping expert network functional

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Demonstration activities - support of field studies by experts for testing environmental

indicators of AIS (structured in DPSIR framework)

after Panov et al. 2009

Panov VE, Alexandrov B, Arbačiauskas K, Binimelis R, Copp GH, Grabowski M, Lucy F, Leuven RSEW, Nehring S, Paunović M, Semenchenko V, Son MO (2009) Assessing the risks of aquatic species invasions via European inland waterways: from concepts to environmental indicators. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, Volume 5, Number 1: 110–126

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Demonstration activities - support of field studies by experts for testing environmental

indicators of AIS

August 2011 – biological survey of the lower Don River (Russia) and coastal

zone in the Black Sea (Ukraine)

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Demonstration activities - support of field studies by experts for testing environmental

indicators of AISAugust 2011 –

biological survey of the Dniepr River basin

(Belarus part)

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Arbačiauskas et al. 2008Panov et al. 2009

Demonstration activities - support of field studies by experts for testing environmental

indicators of AIS

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Since 2006 REABIC is serving as an official publisher of Aquatic Invasions - international

open-access journal

http://www.aquaticinvasions.net

Aquatic Invasions is an effective

communication platform for experts

and early warning tool

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Echinogammarus trichiatus

Aspidogaster conchicola

Early warning functions of Aquatic Invasions :

New records of aquatic invasive species in the Black Sea basin (2007-2011) Yuryshynets &

Krasutska 2009

Lajtner & Crnčan 2011

Borza 2009

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Palaemon macrodactylus

Hemigrapsus sanguineus

Saduria entomon

Early warning functions of Aquatic Invasions :

New records of aquatic invasive species in the Black Sea (2007-2010) Y. Kvach 2009

Micu & Niţă 2009

Micu et al. 2009

Öztürk et al. 2011

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In 2012 REABIC will start a new e-journal for publication of invasive species records and other information, needed for management of

IAS

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REABIC online GIS: geo-referenced IAS recordspublished in Aquatic Invasions and other journals

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REABIC online GIS – geo-referenced IAS records

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REABIC services for the BSC Mnemiopsis database

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http://www.reabic.net/Aquainv.aspx

Distribution maps are interlinked with aquatic invasive

species profiles in AquaInvader searchable database

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Distribution maps are interlinked with aquatic invasive

species profiles in AquaInvader searchable database

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This presentation will be available at : http://www.aquaticinvasions.net/personalia/pan

ov.htm

http://www.aquaticinvasions.net

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Thank you!