Acartia tonsa Dana, 1848

Information in Alien Species in Poland database are purely scientific and not legally binding.

Status

The species is alien in whole area of its current or past occurrence in Poland

Currently present in the environment

Reproducing in the environment

Numbers or/and range trends unknown

No data available to assess invasiveness in Poland

References

  • AquaNIS Information system on aquatic non-indigenous and cryptogenic species 2014. Acartia (Acanthacartia) tonsa link
  • Dzierzbicka-Głowacka L., Musialik-Koszarowska M., Kalarus M., Lemieszek A., Prątnicka P., Janecki M., Żmijewska M. I. 2019. The Interannual Changes in the Secondary Production and Mortality Rate of Main Copepod Species in the Gulf of Gdańsk (The Southern Baltic Sea) Applied Sciences 9: 2039. DOI: 10.3390/app9102039 link
  • Kruk M., Paturej E., Obolewski K. 2021. Zooplankton predator–prey network relationships indicates the saline gradient of coastal lakes. Machine learning and meta-network approach. Ecological Indicators 125: 107550. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107550 link
  • Musialik-Koszarowska M., Dzierzbicka-Głowacka L., Weydmann, A. 2019. Influence of environmental factors on the population dynamics of key zooplankton species in the Gulf of Gdańsk (southern Baltic Sea) Oceanologia 61: 17-25. DOI: 10.1016/j.oceano.2018.06.001 link
  • Nobanis European Network on invasive alien species 2014. Acartia tonsa link

Life form: Crustacean

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Maxillopoda
Order: Copepoda
Family: Acartiidae

Scientific synonyms: Acartia bermudensis Esterly, 1911; Acartia floridana Davis, 1948; Acartia giesbrechti Dahl, 1894; Acartia gracilis Herrick, 1887; Acartia tonsa cryophylla Bjornberg, 1963