University “St. Kliment Ohridski” Bitola PSI Hydrobiological Institute Ohrid A special edition of the “REVIEW” dedicated to: Joint ESENIAS and DIAS Scientific Conference and 9th ESENIAS Workshop Species, ecosystems and areas of conservation concern under threat from the invasive alien species 03–06 September 2019 Book of Abstracts Ohrid, Republic of North Macedonia 2019 The Conference was organised by: Hydrobiological Institute Ohrid (HIO) Public Institution Galicica National Park East and South European Network for Invasive Alien Species (ESENIAS) Danube Region Invasive Alien Species Network (DIAS) Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IBER-BAS) The Conference was supported by: Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of North Macedonia Public Institution Galicica National Park A special edition of the “REVIEW” dedicated to: Joint ESENIAS and DIAS Scientific Conference and 9th ESENIAS Workshop Species, ecosystems and areas of conservation concern under threat from the invasive alien species 03–06 September 2019 BBookook ooff AAbstractsbstracts EDITORS: Sasho Trajanovski, Teodora Trichkova, Rumen Tomov, Vladimir Vladimirov, Hristina Kalcheva, Konstantin Zdraveski Ohrid, Republic of North Macedonia 2019 A special edition of the “REVIEW” dedicated to: Joint ESENIAS and DIAS Scientific Conference and 9th ESENIAS Workshop Species, ecosystems and areas of conservation concern under threat from the invasive alien species 03–06 September 2019 BBookook ooff AAbstractsbstracts The content of the abstracts are responsibility of the authors Reviews were made by the Members of the Scientifi c Committee Citation: Trajanovski S., Trichkova T., Tomov R., Vladimirov V., Kalcheva H., Zdraveski K. 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Book of Abstracts, Joint ESENIAS and DIAS Scientific Conference and 9th ESENIAS Workshop ‘Species, ecosystems and areas of conservation concern under threat from the invasive alien species’, 03-06 September 2019, HIO, ESENIAS, DIAS, IBER-BAS, Ohrid, Republic of North Macedonia, 160 pp. ISSN (ISBN): 1409-9373 441 1602019 REVIEWVol.No.p.p.Ohrid Publisher: PSI Hydrobiological Institute Ohrid (HIO), East and South European Network for Invasive Alien Species (ESENIAS), Danube Region Invasive Alien Species Network (DIAS), Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IBER- BAS) Photos: Teodora Trichkova, Milcho Todorov, Sanja Radonjić, Rumen Tomov, Vladimir Vladimirov Graphic design and desktop publishing: Teodora Trichkova, Lyubomir Andreev Acknowledgements to the ESENIAS & DIAS Organising and Scientific Committees: Organising Committee Sasho Trajanovski, HIO, ESENIAS (Chair) Florian Ballnus, DIAS Teodora Trichkova, IBER-BAS, Hristina Kalcheva, IBER-BAS ESENIAS, DIAS (Co-chair) Jovica Lesoski, HIO Elizabeta Veljanoska-Sarafiloska, HIO Lence Lokoska, HIO Konstantin Zdraveski, Galicica National Park Lidija Velkova-Jordanoska, HIO Ahmet Uludağ, ESENIAS, DIAS Marina Talevska, HIO Andon Bojadzi, Galicica National Park Rumen Tomov, ESENIAS, DIAS Blagoja Trajceski, HIO Suzana Patceva, HIO Dusica Ilic Boeva, HIO Vasko Paskali, Galicica National Park Violeta Tyufekchieva, IBER-BAS Scientific Committee Sasho Trajanovski, R. North Macedonia (Chair) Marina Talevska, R. North Macedonia Teodora Trichkova, Bulgaria (Co-chair) Marius Skolka, Romania Ahmet Uludağ, Turkey (Co-chair) Milcho Todorov, Bulgaria Ali Serhan Tarkan, Turkey Milka Glavendekić, Serbia Aljoša Duplić, Croatia Momir Paunović, Serbia Ana Petrova, Bulgaria Nadja Ognjanova-Rumenova, Bulgaria Angela Bănăduc, Romania Necmi Aksoy, Turkey Argyro Zenetos, Greece Nejc Jogan, Slovenia Barbara Stammel, Germany Orhideja Tasevska, R. North Macedonia Biljana Budzakoska Gjoreska, R. North Macedonia Paraskevi Karachle, Greece Bojan Simovski, R. North Macedonia Paulina Anastasiu, Romania Borys Aleksandrov, Ukraine Pavel Jurajda, Czech Republic Boyko B. Georgiev, Bulgaria Péter Borza, Hungary Dafina Guseska, R. North Macedonia Riccardo Scalera, Italy Dan Cogălniceanu, Romania Richard Lansdown, UK Dan Molloy, USA Rumen Tomov, Bulgaria Danijela Pavlović, Serbia Sajmir Beqiraj, Albania David Finger, Iceland Sanja Radonjić, Montenegro Dinka Matosevich, Croatia Sava Vrbničanin, Serbia Doru Bănăduc, Romania Sead Hadziablahović, Montenegro Elena Tricarico, Italy Sonja Trajanovska, R. North Macedonia Elizabeta Veljanoska-Sarafiloska, R. North Stanislava Lazarevska, R. North Macedonia Macedonia Stelios Katsanevakis, Greece F. Güler Ekmekçi, Turkey Stojmir Stojanoski, R. North Macedonia Gábor Guti, Hungary Suzana Patceva, R. North Macedonia Giuseppe Brundu, Italy Sven Bacher, Switzerland Goce Kostoski, R. North Macedonia Sven Jelaska, Croatia Halil Ibrahimi, Kosovo Trajce Talevski, R. North Macedonia Harald Kutzenberger, Austria Violeta Tyufekchieva, Bulgaria Hristina Kalcheva, Bulgaria Vladimir Pešić, Montenegro Lence Lokoska, R. North Macedonia Vladimir Vladimirov, Bulgaria Lidija Velkova-Jordanoska, R. North Macedonia Vlado Matevski, R. North Macedonia Luis Popa, Romania Yuriy Kvach, Ukraine Ljupčo Melovski, R. North Macedonia Zdravko Hubenov, Bulgaria Marina Piria, Croatia Zoran Spirkovski, R. North Macedonia Joint ESENIAS & DIAS Conference 9th ESENIAS Workshop 3 2019, Ohrid, North Macedonia Contents KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS Georgiev B. B. – Role of parasites in biological invasions...............................................................14 Kvach Y. – Oceanisation of the Black Sea fish fauna .........................................................................15 Molloy D. P. – An international collaborative project documenting the parasites of Dreissena spp. mussels throughout Eurasia ............................................................................16 Tanner R. – Invasive alien plants with negative agricultural impacts in the EPPO region ...................................................................................................................................................17 Trichkova T., S. Trajanovski, K. Zdraveski, R. Tomov, V. Vladimirov, A. Uludağ – ESENIAS and DIAS activities towards protection of threatened species, ecosystems and areas of conservation concern against invasive alien species …..........................18 Tsiamis K., E. Gervasini, I. Deriu, A. C. Cardoso – Distribution of invasive alien species of Union concern (EU Regulation 1143/2014) across Europe with emphasis in the ESENIAS region ................................................................................................................................19 PRESENTATIONS TOPIC 1: INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES TRAITS AND TRENDS Arslan N., B. Çamur-Elipek, D. Mercan – Distribution of the invasive amphipod species Pontogammarus robustoides (Sars, 1894) in the inland waters of Turkey .......................21 Ciceoi R., M. Gutue – Updated list of host plants of tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Is there any threat to biodiversity? ..................22 Dzyziuk N., I. Dykyy, Y. Kvach – Parasite community of the invasive Chinese sleeper (Perccottus glenii) in the western Ukraine ................................................................................23 Gençoğlu L., Ş. G. Kırankaya, F. G. Ekmekçi – Age and growth of native and translocated populations of the marine fish Atherina boyeri Risso, 1810, in Turkey ..........................24 Innal D., M. Aksu, I. Gülle, M. Düğel – Spatial and temporal characterisation of alien and native fish assemblages in the Manavgat River Estuary (Antalya, Turkey) ..................25 Innal D., B. Tocan, I. Gülle, D. C. Çağlan, M. Düğel, D. Avşar – Diversity and distribution of alien and native fish species in the Göksu River Estuary (Mersin, Turkey) in relation to some water quality parameters .............................................................................................26 Munjiu O., I. Şubernetkii, N. Andreev, N. Railean, I. Toderaş – New data on the invasive species Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834) (Bivalvia, Unionidae) on the territory of the Republic of Moldova ................................................................................................................27 Nikolov B., B. Simovski – Distribution of the invasive alien species Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle in the Bregalnica Region, North Macedonia ..............................................28 Nikolov B., B. Simovski – Morphoecological features of Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle in the Bregalnica Region, North Macedonia ...........................................................................29 Özeren S. C. – General evaluation of the impact of invasive fish species on native freshwater fish fauna in Turkey ....................................................................................................30 Joint ESENIAS & DIAS Conference 9th ESENIAS Workshop 4 2019, Ohrid, North Macedonia Saglam H., E. Duzgunes – Variations in the population parameters of invasive Rapa whelk stocks since three decades in the Black Sea, Turkey ….......................................................31 Tomov R. – New data on the distribution of some alien insect species in Bulgaria ..............32 Vancheva N., A. Bobeva, L. Pehlivanov, T. Stefanov, S. Kazakov, B. B. Georgiev – Alien parasites on an alien host species: the monogeneans Ligictaluridus pricei and Gyrodactylus nebulosus from Ameiurus melas in the Srebarna Biosphere Reserve, Bulgaria ................................................................................................................................................33