Taxonomic, ecological and morphological diversity of Ponto-Caspian gammaroidean amphipods: a review

D Copilaș-Ciocianu, D Sidorov - Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 2022 - Springer
The dynamic geological history of the Ponto-Caspian region drove the evolution of a highly
adaptable endemic fauna that gave rise to notorious aquatic invaders. Amphipod …

Evolutionary mechanisms of habitat invasions, using the copepod Eurytemora affinis as a model system

CE Lee - Evolutionary Applications, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The study of the copepod Eurytemora affinis has provided unprecedented insights into
mechanisms of invasive success. In this invited review, I summarize a subset of work from …

Sigmoidal curves reflect impacts and dynamics of aquatic invasive species

I Soto, DA Ahmed, P Balzani, RN Cuthbert… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Identifying general patterns and trends underlying the impacts and dynamics of biological
invasions has proven elusive for scientists. Recently, the impact curve was proposed as a …

A DNA barcode reference library for endemic Ponto-Caspian amphipods

D Copilaş-Ciocianu, T Rewicz, AF Sands, D Palatov… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The Ponto-Caspian region is an endemicity hotspot that harbours several
crustacean radiations, among which amphipods are the most diverse. These poorly known …

Invaders, natives and their enemies: distribution patterns of amphipods and their microsporidian parasites in the Ruhr Metropolis, Germany

DS Grabner, AM Weigand, F Leese, C Winking… - Parasites & vectors, 2015 - Springer
Background The amphipod and microsporidian diversity in freshwaters of a heterogeneous
urban region in Germany was assessed. Indigenous and non-indigenous host species …

Global distribution and diversity of alien Ponto-Caspian amphipods

D Copilaș-Ciocianu, D Sidorov, E Šidagytė-Copilas - Biological Invasions, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Ponto-Caspian region is an important donor of aquatic alien species
throughout the Northern Hemisphere, many of which are amphipod crustaceans. Despite …

Is salinity an obstacle for biological invasions?

F Paiva, A Barco, Y Chen, A Mirzajani… - Global Change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Invasions of freshwater habitats by marine and brackish species have become more
frequent in recent years with many of those species originating from the Ponto‐Caspian …

The southwestern Carpathians as an ancient centre of diversity of freshwater gammarid amphipods: insights from the Gammarus fossarum species complex

D Copilaş‐Ciocianu, A Petrusek - Molecular Ecology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Gammarus fossarum is a diverse species complex of epigean freshwater amphipods
throughout Europe. Due to their poor dispersal capabilities and ubiquity, these crustaceans …

Successful post-glacial colonization of Europe by single lineage of freshwater amphipod from its Pannonian Plio-Pleistocene diversification hotspot

H Csapó, P Krzywoźniak, M Grabowski, R Wattier… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Gammarus roeselii Gervais, 1835 is a morphospecies with a wide distribution range in
Europe. The Balkan Peninsula is known as an area of pre-Pleistocene cryptic diversification …

Neocosmopolitan distributions of invertebrate aquatic invasive species due to euryhaline geographic history and human-mediated dispersal: Ponto-Caspian versus …

A Dobrzycka-Krahel, CA Stepien, Z Nuc - Ecological Processes, 2023 - Springer
Background Aquatic invertebrate species that have broad salinity tolerances may be pre-
adapted for invasion success and biogeographic distributional range expansions, facilitated …