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Irena V. Telesh
Web of Science ResearcherID: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/N-4342-2016
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RSCI: https://www.elibrary.ru/author_profile.asp?authorid=84626
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4167-3821
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.ru/citations?user=k-QU9jsAAAAJ
Academic degree: Doctor of Biological Sciences
Academic title: No title
Position: Principal Researcher
E-mail: Irena.Telesh@zin.ru
Contact phone: +7 (812) 328-13-11, ext. 249
Educational background: Leningrad State University, 1979
Dissertations:
  • “Zooplankton of the water system river-estuary: the case study of the Neva River and Neva Bay.” (PhD)
  • “Species diversity and functioning of zooplankton communities in lakes, rivers and estuaries.” (PhD habilitation)
Research interests: Aquatic ecology, biological diversity, trophic interactions in plankton, biological invasions, protists, dinoflagellates, harmful algae blooms, estuarine and coastal ecosystems.
Field studies: Baltic Sea; Lake Ladoga; Neva River; small lakes in Karelia; lakes in the Pskov Region, Finland, The Netherlands, and Germany; Great Lakes of the North America (Canada).
Professional membership:
Editorial activity:
Pedagogical activity:
  • Member of the Dissertation Council D 24.1.026.02 at the Zoological Institute RAS; Specialty 1.5.16. – Hydrobiology, biological sciences;
  • Member of the PhD Attestation Commission for the specialty 1.5.16. – Hydrobiology, biological sciences;
  • Member of the Dissertation Council D 37.2.007.05. at Kaliningrad State Technical University; Specialty 1.5.15. – Ecology, biological sciences.
Scientific projects and grants:
  • RSF, 22-14-00056: “Hazardous blooms of cyanobacteria and dinoflagellates in coastal ecosystems of the Baltic Sea: ecological niches, population heterogeneity and the governing cellular and molecular mechanisms”, 2022-2024 (Principal Executive).
  • RSF, 19-14-00109: “Harmful blooms of the invasive potentially toxic dinoflagellates: ecological, cellular and molecular-genetic prerequisites of proliferation in the coastal sea waters of the European part of Russia”, 2019-2021 (Principal Executive).
  • RFBR, 19-04-00217_a: “Prognostic assessment of the impact of potentially harmful invasive planktonic species on diversity and functioning of pelagic communities in estuarine and coastal ecosystems of the Baltic Sea”, 2019-2021 (PI).
  • RFBR, 18-04-20070: “Organization of the III International Conference ‘Frontiers in Plankton Research’ with taxonomical training for young scientists”, 2018 (PI).
  • RSF, 16-14-10116: “Potentially toxic mixotrophic eukaryotic microorganisms: molecular organization and metabolism, biology and practical importance”, 2016-2019 (Principal Executive).
  • RFBR, № 15-29-02706_ofi-m: “Biological diversity of plankton as indicator of the invasion process in estuarine ecosystems”, 2015-2017 (PI).
  • RFBR, № 11-04-00053_а: “Biological invasions in zooplankton of estuarine ecosystems”, 2011-2013 (PI).
  • RFBR, № 04-04-49207_а: “Impact of biological invasions of aquatic organisms on functioning of plankton communities in estuarine ecosystems”, 2004-2006 (PI).
  • RFBR, № 01-04-49560_а: “Biological invasions: effect of alien zooplankton species on functioning of pelagic communities in estuarine ecosystems”, 2001-2003 (PI).
Selected Publications:
  • Telesh I., Schubert H., Skarlato S. Wide ecological niches ensure frequent harmful dinoflagellate blooms // HELIYON. 2024. Vol. 10. № 4. Article e26495. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26495
  • Telesh I.V., Naumenko E.N. Ambivalence of Planktonic Invaders and Transformation of Communities // Inland Water Biology. 2024. Vol. 17. № S1. P. 188–196. https://doi.org/10.31857/S0320965224010165
  • Telesh I., Schubert H., Skarlato S. Ecological niches of bloom-forming cyanobacteria in brackish Baltic Sea coastal waters // Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 2023. Vol. 295. Article 108571. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2023.108571
  • Telesh I., Skarlato S., Kube S., Rhode H., Schubert H. Zooplankton of the Baltic Sea: General Aspects and Identification Hints // Rostocker Meeresbiologische Beiträge (Universität Rostock, Institut für Biowissenschaften). 2023. Heft 32. S. 1–129.
  • Telesh I.V., Skarlato S.O. Harmful blooms of the potentially toxic dinoflagellates in the Baltic Sea: ecological, cellular and molecular background // Russian Journal of Ecology. 2022. Vol. 53. № 6. P. 464–477. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1067413622060157
  • Telesh I.V., Naumenko E.N. The impact of nuisance planktonic invaders on pelagic communities: a review of the Baltic Sea case studies // Protistology. 2021. Vol. 15. № 4. P. 206–219.
  • Telesh I., Schubert H., Skarlato S. Abiotic stability promotes dinoflagellate blooms in marine coastal ecosystems // Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 2021. Vol. 251. Article 107239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107239
  • Telesh I.V., Khanaychenko A.N., Skarlato S.O. The interplay of two invaders: can blooms of the potentially toxic dinoflagellates Prorocentrum cordatum be downregulated by the neritic copepods Acartia tonsa? // Protistology. 2020. Vol. 14. № 3. P. 103-111.
  • Pechkovskaya S.A., Knyazev N.A., Matantseva O.V., Emelyanov A.K., Telesh I.V., Skarlato S.O., Filatova N.A. Dur3 and nrt2 genes in the bloom-forming dinoflagellate Prorocentrum minimum: Transcriptional responses to available nitrogen sources // Chemosphere. 2020. Vol. 241. Article 125083. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125083
  • Telesh I.V., Schubert H., Joehnk K.D., Heerkloss R., Schumann R., Feike M., Schoor A., Skarlato S.O. Chaos theory discloses triggers and drivers of plankton dynamics in stable environment // Scientific Reports. 2019. № 9. Article 20351; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-56851-8
  • Skarlato S., Filatova N., Knyazev N., Berdieva M., Telesh I. Salinity stress response of the invasive dinoflagellate Prorocentrum minimum // Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 2018. Vol. 211. P. 199-207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2017.07.007
  • Pechkovskaya S.A., Matantseva O.V., Filatova N.A., Skarlato S.O., Telesh I.V. Molecular tools for invasion biology: a new approach for amplification of dinoflagellate nitrogen transport genes with unknown exon-intron structure // Protistology. 2017. Vol. 11. № 3. P. 135-142.
  • Schubert H., Schumann R., Feike M., Schoor A., Paul C., Heerkloss R., Telesh I., Skarlato S. Studying plankton community dynamics – an optimized mesocosm design // Rostocker Meeresbiologische Beiträge. 2017. Vol. 27. P. 127-146.
  • Schubert H., Telesh I., Nikinmaa M., Skarlato S. Physiological adaptations // In: P. Snoeijs-Leijonmalm, H. Schubert, T. Radziejewska (Eds), Biological Oceanography of the Baltic Sea. 2017. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. Chapter 7. P. 255-278. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0668-2_7
  • Schubert H., Telesh I. Estuaries and coastal lagoons // In: P. Snoeijs-Leijonmalm, H. Schubert, T. Radziejewska (Eds), Biological Oceanography of the Baltic Sea. 2017. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. Chapter 13. P. 483-509. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0668-2_13
  • Skarlato S.O., Telesh I.V. The development of the protistan species-maximum concept for the critical salinity zone // Russian Journal of Marine Biology. 2017. Vol. 43. № 1. P. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063074017010114
  • Telesh I.V. Small details of big importance: Carbon mass determination in the invasive cladoceran Cercopagis pengoi (Ostroumov, 1891) by the high temperature combustion method // NeoBiota. 2017. Vol. 33. P. 19-32. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.33.9823
  • Telesh I.V., Schubert H., Skarlato S.O. Ecological niche partitioning of invasive dinoflagellate Prorocentrum minimum and its native congeners in the Baltic Sea // Harmful Algae. 2016. Vol. 59. P. 100-111. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2016.09.006
  • Telesh I.V., Schubert H., Skarlato S.O. Size, seasonality, or salinity: What drives the protistan species maximum in the horohalinicum? // Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 2015. Vol. 161. P. 102–111. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2015.05.003
  • Telesh I., Skarlato S., Kube S., Rohde H., Schubert H. Zooplankton of the Baltic Sea: Introduction to the Distant Learning Module. Universität Rostock. 2015. Rostock & St. Petersburg. 124 p.
  • Telesh I., Schubert H., Skarlato S. Life in the salinity gradient: Discovering mechanisms behind a new biodiversity pattern // Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 2013. Vol. 135. P. 317–327. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2013.10.013
  • Mironova E.I., Telesh I.V., Skarlato S.O. Diversity and seasonality in structure of ciliate communities in the Neva Estuary (Baltic Sea) // Journal of Plankton Research. 2012. Vol. 34. № 3. P. 208-220. https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbr095
  • Schubert H., Feuerpfeil P., Marquardt R., Telesh I., Skarlato S. Macroalgal diversity along the Baltic Sea salinity gradient challenges Remane’s species-minimum concept // Marine Pollution Bulletin. 2011. Vol. 62. № 9. P. 1948-1956. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.06.033
  • Telesh I.V., Schubert H., Skarlato S.O. Revisiting Remane’s concept: evidence for high plankton diversity and a protistan species maximum in the horohalinicum of the Baltic Sea // Marine Ecology Progress Series. 2011a. Vol. 421. P. 1-11 (Feature Article). https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08928
  • Telesh I.V., Khlebovich V.V. Principal processes within the estuarine salinity gradient: A review // Marine Pollution Bulletin. 2010. Vol. 161. P. 149-155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.02.008
  • Ojaveer H., Jaanus A., MacKenzie B.R., Martin G., Olenin S., Radziejewska T., Telesh I., Zettler M.L., Zaiko A. Status of Biodiversity in the Baltic Sea // PLoS ONE. 2010. Vol. 5. № 9. e12467. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0012467
  • Telesh I., Postel L., Heerkloss R., Mironova E., Skarlato S. Zooplankton of the Open Baltic Sea: Extended Atlas. BMB Publication No. 21 – Meereswiss. Ber. № 76. IOW Warnemünde. 2009. 290 p.
  • Telesh I.V., Golubkov S.M., Alimov A.F. The Neva Estuary Ecosystem // In: U. Schiewer (Ed.), Ecology of Baltic Coastal Waters. Ecological Studies 197. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg. 2008. P. 259-284.
  • Orlova M.I., Telesh I.V., Berezina N.A., Antsulevich A.E., Maximov A.A., Litvinchuk L.F. Effects of nonindigenous species on diversity and community functioning in the eastern Gulf of Finland (Baltic Sea) // Helgoland Marine Research. 2006. Vol. 60. № 2. P. 98-105. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10152-006-0026-7
  • Telesh I.V., Heerkloss R. Atlas of Estuarine Zooplankton of the Southern and Eastern Baltic Sea. Part II: Crustacea. Naturwissenschaftliche Forschungsergebnisse, Bd. 72. Verlag Dr. Kovač, Hamburg. 2004. 118 p. (with CD).
  • Telesh I.V. Plankton of the Baltic estuarine ecosystems with emphasis on Neva Estuary: a review of present knowledge and research perspectives // Marine Pollution Bulletin. 2004. Vol. 49. № 3. P. 206-219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2004.02.009
  • Laxson C.L., McPhedran K.N., Makarewicz J.C., Telesh I.V., MacIsaac H.J. Effects of the non-indigenous cladoceran Cercopagis pengoi on the lower food web of Lake Ontario // Freshwater Biology. 2003. Vol. 48. P. 2094-2106.
  • Berg D.J., Garton D.W., MacIsaac H.J., Panov V.E., Telesh I.V. Changes in genetic structure of North American Bythotrephes populations following invasion from Lake Ladoga, Russia // Freshwater Biology. 2002. Vol. 47. № 2. P. 275-282. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2427.2002.00805.x
  • Telesh I.V., Heerkloss R. Atlas of Estuarine Zooplankton of the Southern and Eastern Baltic Sea. Part I: Rotifera. Naturwissenschaftliche Forschungsergebnisse, Bd. 68. Verlag Dr. Kovač, Hamburg. 2002. 90 p. (with CD).
  • Telesh I.V., Bolshagin P.V., Panov V.E. Quantitative estimation of the impact of the alien species Cercopagis pengoi (Crustacea: Onychopoda) on the structure and functioning of plankton community in the Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea // Doklady Biological Sciences. 2001. Vol. 377. P. 157-159. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019278212086

 

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