1 Decision Support System for Management of Invasive Aquatic Species in the Black Sea Basin Vadim E. PANOV Saint Petersburg State University, Russian Federation Boris G. ALEXANDROV Institute 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. SEMENCHENKO The 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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3 Black Sea catchment area

4 after Panov et al Black Sea area and invasion corridors

5 Long-term dynamics of new records of alien species in the Black and the Azov seas ( after Alexandrov 2010 )

6 Main pathways of alien species invasions in the Black Sea ( after Alexandrov et al )

7 Network of experts Network of stakeholders Concept of the regional Decision Support System on IAS with early warning functions Network of experts

8 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)

9 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.

10 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)

REABIC Experts Database

Experts database

Expert communication at ResearchGate – keeping expert network functional

14 Demonstration activities - support of field studies by experts for testing environmental indicators of AIS (structured in DPSIR framework) after Panov et al 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

15 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)

16 Demonstration activities - support of field studies by experts for testing environmental indicators of AIS August 2011 – biological survey of the Dniepr River basin (Belarus part)

17 Arbačiauskas et al Panov et al Demonstration activities - support of field studies by experts for testing environmental indicators of AIS

18 Since 2006 REABIC is serving as an official publisher of Aquatic Invasions - international open-access journal Aquatic Invasions is an effective communication platform for experts and early warning tool

19 Sinanodonta woodiana Echinogammarus trichiatus Aspidogaster conchicola Early warning functions of Aquatic Invasions : New records of aquatic invasive species in the Black Sea basin ( ) Yuryshynets & Krasutska 2009 Lajtner & Crnčan 2011 Borza 2009

20 Bolinopsis vitreaPalaemon macrodactylus Hemigrapsus sanguineus Saduria entomon Early warning functions of Aquatic Invasions : New records of aquatic invasive species in the Black Sea ( ) Y. Kvach 2009 Micu & Niţă 2009 Micu et al Öztürk et al. 2011

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

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

23 REABIC online GIS – geo-referenced IAS records

24 REABIC services for the BSC Mnemiopsis database

Distribution maps are interlinked with aquatic invasive species profiles in AquaInvader searchable database

26 Distribution maps are interlinked with aquatic invasive species profiles in AquaInvader searchable database

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