Literature on Mnemiopsis leidyi and other ctenophores
Bilio, M. and Niermann, U. 2004. Is the comb jelly really to blame for it all? Mnemiopsis leidyi and the ecological concerns about the Caspian Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series 269: 173-183.
Boersma, M., Malzahn, A.M., Greve, W. and Javidpour, J. 2007. The first occurrence of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in the North Sea. Helgoland Marine Research 61: 153-155.
Costello, J.H. and Coverdale, R. 1998. Planktonic feeding and evolutionary significance of the lobate body plan within the Ctenophora. Biological Bulletin 195: 247-248.
Costello, J.H., Loftus, R. and Waggett, R. 1999. Influence of prey detection on capture success for the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi feeding upon adult Acartia tonsa and Oithona colcarva copepods. Marine Ecology Progress Series 191: 207-216.
Costello, J.H., Sullivan, B.K., Gifford, D.J., Van Keuren, D. and Sullivan, L.J. 2006. Seasonal refugia, shoreward thermal amplification, and metapopulation dynamics of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. Limnology and Oceanography 51(4): 1819-1831.
Faasse, M.A. and Bayha, K.M. 2006. The ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz 1865 in coastal waters of the Netherlands: an unrecognized invasion? Aquatic Invasions 1(4): 270-277.
Finenko, G.A., Kideys, A.E., Anninsky, B.E., Shiganova, T.A., Roohi, A., Tabari, M.R., Rostami, H. and Bagheri, S. 2006. Invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in the Caspian Sea: feeding, respiration, reproduction and predatory impact on the zooplankton community. Marine Ecology Progress Series 314: 171-185.
Foshtomi, M.Y., Abtahi, B., Sari, A.E. and Taheri, M. 2007. Ion composition and osmolarity of Caspian Sea ctenophore, Mnemiopsis leidyi, in different salinities. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 352: 28-34.
Gorokhova, E. and Lehtiniemi, M. 2010. Reconsidering evidence for Mnemiopsis invasion in European waters. Journal of Plankton Research 32(1): 93-95.
Greve, W. 1970. Cultivation experiments on North Sea ctenophores. Helgoländer wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen 20: 304-317.
Gucu, A.C. 2002. Can overfishing be responsible for the successful establishment of Mnemiopsis leidyi in the Black Sea? Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 54: 439-451.
Haddock, S.H.D. 2007. Comparative feeding behavior of planktonic ctenophores. Integrative and Comparative Biology 47(6): 847-853.
Hansson, H.G. 2006. Ctenophores of the Baltic and adjacent Seas – the invader Mnemiopsis is here! Aquatic Invasions 1(4): 295-298.
Haslob, H., Clemmesen, C., Schaber, M., Hinrichsen, H.-H., Schmidt, J.O., Voss, R. Kraus, G. and Köster, F.W. 2007. Invading Mnemiopsis leidyi as a potential threat to Baltic fish. Marine Ecology Progress Series 349: 303-306.
Henry, J.Q. and Martindale, M.Q. 2001. Multiple inductive signals are involved in the development of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi. Developmental Biology 238: 40-46.
Huwer, B., Storr-Paulsen, M., Riisgård, H.U., Haslob, H. 2008. Abundance, horizontal and vertical distribution of the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in the central Baltic Sea, November 2007. Aquatic Invasions 3(2): 113-124.
Janas, U. and Zgrundo, A. 2007. First record of Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz, 1865 in the Gulf of Gdańsk (southern Baltic Sea). Aquatic Invasions 2(4): 450-454.
Javidpour, J., Molinero, J.C., Lehmann, A., Hansen, T. and Sommer, U. 2009. Annual assessment of the predation of Mnemiopsis leidyi in a new invaded environment, the Kiel Fjord (Western Baltic Sea): a matter of concern? Journal of Plankton Research 31(7): 729-738.
Javidpour, J., Molinero, J.M., Peschutter, J. and Sommer, U. 2009. Seasonal changes and population dynamics of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi after its first year of invasion in the Kiel Fjord, Western Baltic Sea. Biological Invasions 11: 873-882.
Javidpour, J. Molinero, J.C. and Sommer, U. 2010. Reconsidering evidence for Mnemiopsis invasion in European waters: reply. Journal of Plankton Research 32(1): 97-98.
Javidpour, J., Sommer, U. and Shiganova, T. 2006. First record of Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz 1865 in the Baltic Sea. Aquatic Invasions 1(4): 299-302.
Knowler, D. 2005. Reassessing the costs of biological invasion: Mnemiopsis leidyi in the Black Sea. Ecological Economics 52: 187-199.
Knowler, D. 2007. Estimation of a stock-recruitment relationship for Black Sea anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) under the influence of nutrient enrichment and the invasive comb-jelly, Mnemiopsis leidyi. Fisheries Research 84: 275-281.
Kube, S., Postel, L., Honnef, C. and Augustin, C.B. 2007. Mnemiopsis leidyi in the Baltic Sea – distribution and overwintering between autumn 2006 and spring 2007. Aquatic Invasions 2(2): 137-145.
Lehtiniemi, M., Pääkkönen, J.-P., Flinkman, J., Katajisto, T., Gorokhova, E., Karjalainen, M., Viitasalo, S. and Björk, H. 2007. Distribution and abundance of the American comb jelly (Mnemiopsis leidyi) – A rapid invasion to the northern Baltic Sea during 2007. Aquatic Invasions 2(4): 445-449.
Mills, C.E. 2001. Jellyfish blooms: are populations increasing globally in response to changing ocean conditions? Hydrobiologia 451: 55-68.
Oguz, T., Fach, B. and Salihoglu, B. 2008. Invasion dynamics of the alien ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi and its impact on anchovy collapse in the Black Sea. Journal of Plankton Research 30(12): 1385-1397.
Purcell, J.E. 1988. Quantification of Mnemiopsis leidyi (Ctenophora, Lobata) from formalin-preserved plankton samples. Marine Ecology Progress series 45: 197-200.
Purcell, J.E. 2005. Climate effects on formation of jellyfish and ctenophore blooms: a review. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 85: 461-476.
Purcell, J.E. 2009. Extension of methods for jellyfish and ctenophore trophic ecology to large-scale research. Hydrobiologia 616: 23-50.
Purcell, J.E., Shiganova, T.A., Decker, M.B. and Houde, E.D. 2001. The ctenophore Mnemiopsis in native and exotic habitats: U.S. estuaries versus the Black Sea basin. Hydrobiologia 451: 145-176.
Riisgård, H.U., Bøttiger, L., Madsen, C.V., Purcell, J.E. 2007. Invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in Limfjorden (Denmark) in late summer 2007 – assessment of abundance and predation effects. Aquatic Invasions 2(4): 395-401.
Roohi, A., Yasin, Z., Kideys, A.E., Hwai, A.T.S., Khanari, A.G. and Eker-Develi, E. 2008. Impact of a new invasive ctenophore (Mnemiopsis leidyi) on the zooplankton community of the Southern Caspian sea. Marine Ecology 29: 421-434.
Shiganova, T.A., Mirzoyan, Z.A., Studenikina, E.A., Volovik, S.P., Siokou-Frangon, I., Zervoudaki, S., Christou, E.D., Skirta, A.Y. and Dumont, H.J. 2001. Population development of the invader ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi, in the Black Sea and in other seas of the Mediterranean basin. Marine Biology 139: 431-445.
Siapatis, A., Giannoulaki, M., Valavanis, V.D., Palialexis, A., Schismenou, E., Machias, A. and Somerakis, S. 2008. Modelling potential habitat of the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in Aegean Sea. Hydrobiologia 612: 281-295.
Sullivan, B.K., Van Keuren, D. and Clancy, M. 2001. Timing and size of blooms of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in relation to temperature in Narragansett Bay, RI. Hydrobiologia 451: 113-120.
Sullivan, L.J. and Gifford, D.J. 2004. Diet of the larval ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz (Ctenophora, Lobata). Journal of Plankton Research 26(4): 417-431.
Sullivan, L.J. and Gifford, D.J. 2007. Growth and feeding rates of the newly hatched larval ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz (Ctenophora, Lobata). Journal of Plankton Research 29(11): 949-965.
Tendal, O.S., Jensen, K.R. and Riisgård, H.U. 2007. Invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi widely distributed in Danish waters. Aquatic Invasions 2(4): 455-460.
Thuesen, E.V., Rutherford, L.D. Jr. and Brommer, P.L. 2005. The role of aerobic metabolism and intragel oxygen in hypoxia tolerance of three ctenophores: Pleurobrachia bachei, Bolinopsis infundibulum and Mnemiopsis leidyi. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 85: 627-633.
Viitasalo, S., Lehtiniemi, M. and Katajisto, T. 2008. The invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi overwinters in high abundances in the subarctic Baltic Sea. Journal of Plankton Research 30(12): 1431-1436.
Waggett, R.J. and Sullivan, L.J. 2006. Feeding efficiency of the larval ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz (Ctenophora, Lobata). Journal of Plankton Research 28(7): 719-723.