The 3rd volume of the series ‘ESENIAS Scientific Reports’ has been published as Supplement 9 of the peer-reviewed scientific journal Acta Zoologica Bulgarica (http://www.acta-zoologica-bulgarica.eu/), ISI Impact Factor (2016)=0.413.

The volume presents the results of the 7th ESENIAS Workshop with Scientific Conference ‘Networking and Regional Cooperation Towards Invasive Alien Species Prevention and Management in Europe’ held on 28–30 March 2017, in Sofia, Bulgaria. The volume comprises 41 contributions: 28 research articles, 7 review articles and 6 short communications.

The ESENIAS Scientific Reports 3 volume is published with the financial support of the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area 2009-2014, Programme ‘BG03 Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services’, under the poject: East and South European Network for Invasive Alien Species – A tool to support the management of alien species in Bulgaria (ESENIAS-TOOLS, D-33-51/30.06.2015).

Guest Editors:

Teodora Trichkova (Editor-in-Chief)

Rumen Tomov (Co-editor)

Vladimir Vladimirov (Co-editor)

Hristina Kalcheva (Co-editor)

Ahmet Uludağ (Co-editor)

Language Editors:

Yuriy Vanev

Vesela Evtimova

Reviewers:

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Articles:

Teodora Trichkova, Rumen Tomov, Vladimir Vladimirov, Hristina Kalcheva & Ahmet Uludağ – ESENIAS and DIAS networks and highlightsof the 7^th ESENIAS Workshop with Scientific Conference ‘Networking and Regional Cooperation Towards Invasive Alien Species Prevention and Management in Europe’

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 5-19. >>>

Invasive Alien Species Traits and Trends; Vectors and Pathways for Invasive Alien Species Introductions

Nadja G. Ognjanova-Rumenova, Ingi R. Jónsson, Vaiva Cypaité, Jón S. Ólafsson, David C. Finger & Teodora A. Trichkova – Valve ultrastructure of Didymosphenia geminata (Lyngbye) M. Schmidt: An invasive diatom species in the running waters of Iceland

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 21-28. >>>

Antoaneta Petrova & Irina Gerasimova – A naturalised population of Larix decidua Mill. (Pinaceae) in the Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 29-32. >>>

Antoaneta Petrova, Vladimir Vladimirov & Alexander Tashev – The Maritime pine, Pinus pinaster Aiton (Pinaceae), a naturalised alien on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 33-38. >>>

Vladimir Vladimirov, Malina Delcheva, Valeri Georgiev, Sonya Tsoneva & Chavdar Gussev – Ammannia coccinea Rottb. (Lythraceae): the first report for the Bulgarian alien flora

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 39-42. >>>

Antoaneta S. Petrova & Zhivko Barzov – Oenothera laciniataHill (Onagraceae), a new alien species to the Bulgarian flora

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 43-46. >>>

Vladimir Vladimirov, Boris Assyov & Antoaneta Petrova – First record of an invasive alien plant species of EU concern in Bulgaria: Heracleum sosnowskyi Manden. (Apiaceae)

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 47-51. >>>

Elina P. Yankova-Tsvetkova, Petka D. Yurukova-Grancharova & Vladimir D. Vladimirov – Embryology of two invasive alien species of Solidago L. (Asteraceae) in the Bulgarian flora

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 53-59. >>>

Boris Assyov – Mycena seynii Quél. (Agaricales: Mycenaceae) in Bulgaria

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 61-65. >>>

Dimitar Kozuharov, Roumen Kalchev, Mihaela Beshkova, Marieta Stanachkova, Lyubomir Kenderov, Vasil Vasilev & Teodora Trichkova – Occurrence of the alien freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii Lankester, 1880 (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) in some Bulgarian reservoirs

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 67-72. >>>

Petya P. Ivanova, Antoaneta T. Trayanova, Kremena B. Stefanova, Elitsa Stefanova, Violin S. Raykov & Valentina G. Doncheva – Population status of some alien species in Varna Bay, Bulgarian Black Sea Coast (2015-2016)

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 73-82. >>>

Bilal Öztürk, Banu Bitlis, Alper Doğan & Neslihan Türkçü – Alien marine molluscs along the Turkish coast, with a new record of Varicopeza pauxilla (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Mediterranean Sea

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 83-92. >>>

Naime Arslan, Cansev Akkan-Kökçü, Deniz Mercan & Deniz Anıl Odabaşı – The non-indigenousa nd Ponto-Caspian Gastropoda fauna o fLake Sapanca (Turkey), with notes on the Ponto-Caspian Clitellata species in the lake

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 93-98. >>>

Maria Th. Stoumboudi, Roberta Barbieri & Eleni Kalogianni – First report of an established population of Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792) (Salmonidae) on the Island of Crete, Greece

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 99-104. >>>

Meta Povž – Non-native freshwater fishes in Slovenia

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 105-110. >>>

Deniz Innal & Daniela Giannetto – Age structure and length-weight relationship of non-native redbelly tilapia Coptodon zillii (Gervais, 1848) (Cichlidae) in the Pınarbaşı Spring Creek (Burdur, Turkey)

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 111-116. >>>

Baran Yoğurtçuoğlu & F. Güler Ekmekçi – Variation in life history and feeding ecology of the invasive Eastern Mosquitofish, Gambusia holbrooki Girard, 1859 (Poeciliidae), in a groundwater-dependent wetland in Turkey

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 117-130. >>>

Lale Gençoğlu, Şerife Gülsün Kırankaya, Baran Yoğurtçuoğlu & F. Güler Ekmekçi – Feeding properties of the translocated marine fish sand smelt Atherina boyeri Risso, 1810 (Atherinidae) in a freshwater reservoir

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 131-138. >>>

Vladimir V. Neimorovets, Valeriy I. Shchurov, Alexandr S. Bondarenko, Mikhail M. Skvortsov & Fedor V. Konstantinov – First documented outbreak and new data on the distribution of Corythucha arcuata (Say, 1832) (Hemiptera: Tingidae) in Russia

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 139-142. >>>

Traian Manole, Constantina Chireceanu & Andrei Teodoru – Current status of Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte, 1868 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Romania

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 143-148. >>>

The Danube River as Invasive Alien Species Corridor

Teodora Trichkova, Yordan Kutsarov, Milcho Todorov, Miklos Puky & Zdravko Hubenov – The Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards, 1853 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Varunidae), a new invasive alien species to the Bulgarian fauna

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 149-154. >>>

Stefan Skorić, Branislav Mićković, Dušan Nikolić, Aleksandar Hegediš & Gorčin Cvijanović – A weight-length relationship of the Amur sleeper (Perccottus glenii Dubowski, 1877) (Odontobutidae)in the Danube River drainage canal, Serbia

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 155-159. >>>

Invasive Alien Species Impact

Hristina Kalcheva, Michaela Beshkova & Roumen Kalchev – Bacterioplankton and its relations to environmental factors and the presence of invasive mussels Dreissena spp. in three Bulgarian reservoirs

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 161-170. >>>

Michaela Beshkova, Detelina Belkinova, Roumen Kalchev, Hristina Kalcheva, Rumen Mladenov & Plamen Stojanov – Influence of Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771) (Mollusca: Bivalvia) on phytoplankton and physicochemical characteristics of Bulgarian reservoirs

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 171-180. >>>

Roxana Ciceoi, Cătălin Gutue, Minodora Gutue & Ioan Roşca – Current status of pests associated with urban vegetation in Bucharest area

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 181-190. >>>

Snježana Hrnčić, Sanja Radonjić & Tatjana Perović – The impact of alien horticultural pests on urban landscape in the southern part of Montenegro

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 191-202. >>>

Sanja Radonjić & Snježana Hrnčić – A review of new alien arthropod pests and their impact on agriculture crops in Montenegro

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 203-210. >>>

Roxana Ciceoi, Marin Dumbrava, Ionut Ovidiu Jerca, Cristian Mihai Pomohaci & Ionela Dobrin – Assessment of the damages on maize crop by the invasive stink bugs Halyomorpha halys (Stål, 1855) and Nezara viridula (Linnaeus, 1758) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 211-217. >>>

Invasive Alien Species Prevention and Management

Marga Grădilă – Management of some noxious Dicotyledonous weeds in rape crops in Southern Romania

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 219-223. >>>

Mirjana B. Lenhardt, Ladislav Pekarik, Stefan B. Skorić, Marija M. Smederevac-Lalić, Aleksandar E. Hegediš, Milica Lj. Jaćimović & Vesna Dj. Djikanović – Influence of the twilight period and different sampling methods on catch of gobiids (Gobiidae) at four locations in the inshore parts of the Danube River

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 225-229. >>>

Ana-Cristina Fătu & Ana-Maria Andrei – Laboratory test of three isolates of Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill. against the invasive sawfly Aproceros leucopoda Takeuki, 1939 (Hymenoptera: Argidae)

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 231-236. >>>

Teodora B. Toshova, Dimitar I. Velchev, Vasiliy D. Abaev, Plamen K. Kalushkov, Edit Orgován, Zsófia Lohonyai, Miklós Tóth & Sándor Koczor – Nontarget Coleoptera species captured in coloured sticky traps in maize crops in Bulgaria

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 237-246. >>>

Teodora B. Toshova, Dimitar I. Velchev, Vasiliy D. Abaev, Mitko A. Subchev, Daniela Y. Atanasova & Miklós Tóth – Detection and monitoring of Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte, 1868 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) by KLP+ traps with dual (pheromone and floral) lures in Bulgaria

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 247-254. >>>

Roxana Ciceoi, Liliana-Aurelia Badulescu, Minodora Gutue, Elena Stefania Mardare & Cristian Mihai Pomohaci – Citizen-generated data on invasive alien species in Romania: Trends and challenges

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 255-260. >>>

Paraskevi K. Karachle, Nicholas Jason Xentidis & ArgyroZenetos – The ESENIAS countries’ marine Alien Species experts: An updated inventory

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 261-282. >>>

Short Communications

Tatjana R. Jaksic, Predrag S. Vasic, Aleksandar D. Valjarevic, Nikola N. Djukic, Vera Vukanic & Vladan V. Rakonjac – The first record of the freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii Lankester, 1880 (Hydrozoa) in Kosovo

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 283-285. >>>

Lyubomir А. Kenderov – An invader along with an invader: an unusual record of a zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771) (Bivalvia) living phoretically on a killer shrimp Dikerogammarus villosus (Sowinsky, 1894) (Amphipoda)

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 287-291. >>>

Stanislava Lazarevska, Sterja Naceski & Vesna Krsteska – The Japanese wax scale Ceroplastes japonicus Green, 1921 (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccidae), a new species and pest on persimmon in the Republic of Macedonia

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 293-295. >>>

Constantina Chireceanu, Andrei Teodoru & Andrei Chiriloaie – New records of the oak lace bug Corythucha arcuata (Say, 1832) (Hemiptera: Tingidae) in Southern Romania

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 297-299. >>>

Mario S. Langourov & Nikolay P. Simov – New data on the expansion of the Geranium Bronze, Cacyreus marshalli Butler, 1898 (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula, with some biological notes

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 301-304. >>>

Atanas P. Grozdanov, Elitsa D. Popova & Strahil G. Peev – New records of the Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri (Scopoli, 1769) (Aves: Psittacidae) in Bulgaria

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 9 (2017): 305-307. >>>