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Alexander Karatayev became the Director of the Great Lakes Center in 2007. He earned his M.S. degree in Biology from the Belarusian State University in 1976. In 1983 he earned his Ph.D. degree and in 1992 the Doctor of Science degree in Hydrobiology from the Institute of Zoology of Belarusian Academy of Science. In 2000, after being Chair of the General Ecology Department at the Belarusian State University, Alexander Karatayev relocated to the US and in 2006 became a full professor of biology at Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas. Since 1988 most of his research, teaching, and outreach activity has been conducted in collaboration with his wife and research partner Dr. Lyubov Burlakova, currently a Research Scientist in the Great Lakes Center.
In 2005, Dr. Alexander Karatayev was honored with the Stephen F. Austin State University Faculty Achievement Award in Research. He has taught 12 graduate and undergraduate courses including Global Ecology, General Ecology, Aquatic Ecology, Introductory Zoology, Limnology, Marine Biology, and Pollution of Aquatic Environment. He has also supervised 17 graduate students who have established successful career in ecological and biomedical research, environmental companies, state and federal agencies, and high schools in the US and Europe.
Dr. Alexander Karatayev has published over 130 papers, presented over 100 talks at various state, national, and international meetings, and received over 30 research grants as principal investigator and/or co-investigator. For detailed information please see his full CV here.
2017-2022 Rudstam, L., L. E. Burlakova, A. Y. Karatayev, and J. Watkins. Great Lakes Long-term Biological Monitoring Program. U.S. EPA Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. $5,999,903 ($2,700,000 for BSC).
2017-2019 Burlakova, L. E., A. Y. Karatayev. DNA Barcode Reference Library: Mollusca, Annelida, and minor phyla. U.S. EPA Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. $400,000.
2014-2017 Karatayev, A. Y., L. E. Burlakova. Lake Erie and Lake Michigan Benthos: Cooperative Science and Monitoring Initiative. U.S. EPA. $500,000.
2014-2017 Karatayev, A. Y., L. E. Burlakova, and D. Gorsky. Investigating Lake Sturgeon habitat use, feeding ecology and benthic resource availability in the lower Niagara River. Ecological Greenway Fund. $835,829.
2012-2017 Rudstam, L., A. Y. Karatayev, and L. E. Burlakova. Great Lakes Long-term Biological Monitoring Program. U.S. EPA. $3,867,525.
2012-2013 Snyder, R. J., L. E. Burlakova, D. B. MacNeill, and A. Y. Karatayev. Enhanced Early Detection of Invasive Ponto-Caspian Fishes in the Great Lakes. U.S. EPA Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. $99,756.
2012-2013 Burlakova, L. E., A.Y. Karatayev. Zebra/Quagga Mussel Viability Test. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Region. $24,962.
2010-2013 Zanatta, D., L. E. Burlakova, A. Y. Karatayev, R. Krebs, M. Hoggarth, F. de Szalay, J. Bossenbroek, E. Meyer, M. Walsh. Collaborators: M. Schlesinger, R. Haas, T. Crail, P. Badra, N. Welte, and L. Holst. Conservation of Native Freshwater Mussel Refuges in Great Lakes Coastal Zones. Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. $366,412.
2010-2013 Pennuto, C. M., A. Y. Karatayev, A. Pérez-Fuentetaja, L.E. Burlakova, D. Bade, G. Matisoff, J. Kramer, and C. Mayer. The Lake Erie Nearshore and Offshore Nutrient Study. U.S. EPA Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. $615,813.
2011-2013 Burlakova, L. E., A.Y. Karatayev, M. E. May, and B. Lang. Survey of Texas hornshell populations in Texas, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Traditional Section 6, Bilateral species conservation effort in New Mexico and Texas. $143,000.
2011-2012 Burlakova, L. E., A. Y. Karatayev, M. E. May, M. D. Warriner, and B. Gottfried. Survey of threatened freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in Texas. State Wildlife Grant Program, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. $38,000.
2010-2011 Snyder, R. J., L. E. Burlakova, D. B. MacNeill, and A. Y. Karatayev. Evaluating Ponto-Caspian Fishes for Risk of Great Lakes Invasion. U.S. EPA Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. $111,264.
2010-2011 Burlakova. L., A. Karatayev, and M. Goehle. Preliminary Risk Assessment of the Parasites of Aquatic Exotic Invertebrates in the Great Lakes Region. Great Lakes Research Consortium, NYGLPF Small Grants Program. $9,473.
2011-2012 Karatayev, A. Y. and M. Clapsadl. Implementation of the Great Lakes Observing System. US Department of Commerce. $55,000.
2009 Pennuto, C.M., A.Y. Karatayev, A. Pérez-Fuentetaja, L.E. Burlakova, G. Matisoff, J. Kramer, J. Conroy. The Nearshore and Offshore Lake Erie Nutrient Study. U.S. EPA Great Lakes National Program Office, Lake Erie Central and Eastern Basin Studies of Nearshore/Offshore Nutrient Fluxes and Interactions. $150,000.
2008-2009 Burlakova, L. E. and A. Y. Karatayev. State-Wide Assessment of Unionid Diversity in Texas in 2009. State Wildlife Grants, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. $67,514.
2007-2008 Burlakova, L. E. and A. Y. Karatayev. State-Wide Assessment of Unionid Diversity in Texas. State Wildlife Grants, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. $69,375.
2007-2008 Karatayev, A. Y. and L. E. Burlakova. Effect of Natural Factors on Rate of Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species. Buffalo State College Research Council Incentive Funds. $6,284.
2006-2007 Burlakova, L. E. and A. Y. Karatayev. East Texas Mussel Surveys. State Wildlife Grants, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. $32,056.
2006-2007 Karatayev, A. Y. and L. E. Burlakova. Status of Invasive Freshwater Mollusks in Texas. State Wildlife Grants, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. $17,795.
2006-2007 Burlakova, L. E. and A. Y. Karatayev. Distributional survey and habitat utilization of freshwater mussels. Texas Water Development Board. $65,000.
2006-2007 Karatayev, A. Y. and L. E. Burlakova. Predicting the spread and ecosystem impact of exotic bivalve Limnoperna fortunei on North American freshwaters. SFA Faculty Research Grant. $15,704.
2006-2008 Karatayev, A. Y. and L. E. Burlakova. Potential effects of Zebra mussels in the Madison lakes. Wisconsin DNR Aquatic Invasive Species Grants Program. $49,037.
2004-2006 Burlakova, L. E. and A. Y. Karatayev. Assessing potential impacts of Channeled Applesnail to wetlands in the Galveston Bay watershed. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and USDA Cooperative Agriculture Pest Survey (CAPS) Program for 2005 surveys. $117,544.
2004-2006 Burlakova, L. E. and A. Y. Karatayev. Freshwater mussel survey in Texas. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. $120,000.
Peer-review publications: 123. Presentations at scientific meetings and invited talks: 130. Publications in proceedings: 38.
Karatayev, A. Y., R. Claudi, and F. E. Lucy. 2012. History of Dreissena research and the ICAIS gateway to aquatic invasion science. Aquatic Invasions 7: 1-5.
Karatayev, A. Y., S. E. Mastitsky, L. E. Burlakova, V. A. Karatayev, M. M. Hajduk, and D. B. Conn. 2012. Exotic molluscs in Great Lakes host epizootically important trematodes. Journal of Shellfish Research 31(3): 885-894.
Karatayev, A. Y., L. E. Burlakova, J. Vander Zanden, R. C. Lathrop, and D. K. Padilla. 2012. Change in a lake benthic community over a century: evidence for alternative community states. Hydrobiologia DOI 10.1007/s10750-012-1238-2.
Karatayev, V. A., Karatayev, A. Y., L. E. Burlakova, and D. K. Padilla. 2013. Lakewide dominance does not predict the invader species for dreissenids. Journal of Great Lakes Research 39(4). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0380133013001329.
Karatayev, A. Y., L. E. Burlakova, and D. K. Padilla. 2013. General Overview of Zebra and Quagga Mussels: What We Do And Do Not Know. In T. F. Nalepa and D. W. Schloesser (eds.) Quagga and Zebra Mussels: Biology, Impacts, and Control. 2nd Edition. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. pp. 695-703.
Mayer, C. M., Burlakova, L. E., Eklöv, P. Dean Fitzgerald, D., Karatayev, A. Y., Ludsin, S. A. Millard, S., Mills, E. L., Ostapenya, A. P., Rudstam, L. G., Zhu, B., and Zhukova, T. V. 2013. Benthification of Freshwater Lakes: Exotic Mussels Turning Ecosystems Upside Down. In T. F. Nalepa and D. W. Schloesser (eds.) Quagga and Zebra Mussels: Biology, Impacts, and Control. 2nd Edition. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. pp. 575-586.
Lucy, F. E., Burlakova, L. E., Karatayev, A. Y., Mastitsky, S. E., Zanatta, D. T. 2013. Zebra Mussel Impacts on Unionids: A Synthesis of Trends in North America and Europe. In T. F. Nalepa and D. W. Schloesser (eds.) Quagga and Zebra Mussels: Biology, Impacts, and Control. 2nd Edition. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. pp. 623-646.
Karatayev, V. A., Karatayev, A.Y., Burlakova, L. E., and Padilla, D. K. 2013. Lakewide dominance does not predict the potential for spread of dreissenids. Journal of Great Lakes Research 39: 622-629.
Molloy, D. P., D. A. Mayer, M. J. Gaylo, J. T. Morse, K. T. Presti1, P. M. Sawyko1, A. Y. Karatayev, L. E. Burlakova, F. Laruelle, K. C. Nishikawa, and B. H. Griffin. 2013. Pseudomonas fluorescens strain CL145A – A biopesticide for the control of zebra and quagga mussels (Bivalvia: Dreissenidae). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 113: 104–114.
Karatayev, A. Y., L. E. Burlakova, and D. K. Padilla. 2014. General overview of zebra and quagga mussels what we do and do not know. In T. F. Nalepa and D. W. Schloesser (eds.) Quagga and Zebra Mussels: Biology, Impacts, and Control. 2nd Edition. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. pp. 695-703.
Mayer, C. M., L. E. Burlakova, P. Eklöv, D. Fitzgerald, A. Y. Karatayev, S. A. Ludsin, S. Millard, E. L. Mills, A. P. Ostapenya, L. G. Rudstam, B. Zhu, and T. V. Zhukova. 2014. Benthification of Freshwater Lakes. Exotic Mussels Turning Ecosystems Upside Down. In T. F. Nalepa and D. W. Schloesser (eds.) Quagga and Zebra Mussels: Biology, Impacts, and Control. 2nd Edition. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. pp. 575-586.
Lucy, F. E., L. E. Burlakova, A. Y. Karatayev, S. E. Mastitsky, and D. T. Zanatta. 2014. Zebra mussel impacts on unionids: A synthesis of trends in North America and Europe. In T. F. Nalepa and D. W. Schloesser (eds.) Quagga and Zebra Mussels: Biology, Impacts, and Control. 2nd Edition. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. pp. 623-646.
Mastitsky, S. E., A. Y. Karatayev, and L. E. Burlakova. 2014. Parasites of Aquatic Exotic Invertebrates: Identification of Hazards Posed to the Great Lakes. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 20:743-763.
Karatayev, A. Y., L. E. Burlakova, C. Pennuto, J. Ciborowski, V. A. Karatayev, P. Juette, and M. Clapsadl. 2014. Twenty five years of changes in Dreissena spp. populations in Lake Erie. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 40: 550-559 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2014.04.010.
Burlakova, L. E., A. Y. Karatayev, C. Pennuto, and C. Mayer. 2014. Changes in Lake Erie benthos over the 1 last 50 years: historical perspectives, current status, and main drivers. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 40: 560-573 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2014.02.008.
Snyder, R. J., L. E. Burlakova, A.Y. Karatayev, and D. B. MacNeill. 2014. Updated Invasion Risk Assessment for Ponto-Caspian Fishes to the Great Lakes. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 40: 360-369. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2014.03.009.
Karatayev, V. A., A. Y. Karatayev, L. E. Burlakova, L. G. Rudstam. 2014. Eutrophication and Dreissena Invasion as Drivers of Biodiversity: A Century of Change in the Mollusc Community of Oneida Lake. PLoS ONE, 9(7): e101388. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0101388.
Pennuto, C. M., L. E. Burlakova, A. Y. Karatayev, J. Kramer, A. Fisher, and C. Mayer. 2014. Spatiotemporal characteristics of nitrogen and phosphorus in the benthos of nearshore Lake Erie. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 40: 541-549. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2014.02.013.
Burlakova, L. E., B. L. Tulumello, A. Y. Karatayev, R. A. Krebs, D. W. Schloesser, D. T. Zanatta, W. L. Paterson, T. A. Griffith, M. W. Scott, and T. Crail. 2014. Competitive replacement of invasive congeners may relax impact on native species: interactions among zebra, quagga, and native unionid mussels. PLoS ONE, 9(7). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0114926.
Karatayev, A. Y., L. E. Burlakova, S. E. Mastitsky, and D. K. Padilla. 2015. Predicting the spread of aquatic invaders: insight from 200 years of invasion by zebra mussels. Ecological Applications, 25: 430–440. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/13-1339.1.
Zanatta, D. T., J. M. Bossenbroek, L. E. Burlakova, T. Crail, F. de Szalay, T. A., Griffith, D. Kapusinski, A. Y. Karatayev, R. A. Krebs, E. S. Meyer, W. L. Paterson, T. J. Prescott, M. T. Rowe, D. W. Schloesser, and M. C. Walsh. 2015. Distribution of native mussel (Unionidae) assemblages in coastal areas of Lake Erie, Lake St. Clair, and connecting channels, twenty-five years after a dreissenid invasion. Northeastern Naturalist, 22(1): 223–235.
Karatayev, A., D. Boltovskoy, L. Burlakova, and D. Padilla. 2015. Parallels and contrasts between Limnoperna fortunei and Dreissena species. In: D. Boltovskoy (ed.) Limnoperna fortunei, Invading Nature – Springer Series in Invasion Ecology, 261-297. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-13494-9_15.
Lopes-Lima, M., R. Sousa, J. Geist, D. C. Aldridge, R. Araujo, J. Bergengren, Y. Bespalaja, E. Bodis, L. Burlakova, D. Van Damme, K. Douda, E. Froufe, D. Georgiev, C. Gumpinger, A. Karatayev, U. Kebapci, I. Killeen, J. Lajtner, B. M. Larsen, R. Lauceri, A. Legakis, S. Lois, S. Lundberg, E. Moorkens, G. Motte, K.-O. Nagel, P. Ondina, A. Outeiro, M. Paunovic, V. Prie, T. von Proschwitz, N. Riccardi, M. Rudzīte, M. Rudzītis, C. Scheder, M. Seddon, H. Sereflisan, V. Simić, S. Sokolova, K. Stoeckl, J. Taskinen, A. Teixeira, F. Thielen, T. Trichkova, S. Varandas, H. Vicentini, K. Zajac, T. Zajac, and S. Zogaris. 2016. Conservation Status of Freshwater Mussels in Europe: State of the Art and Future Challenges. Biological Reviews, 2016. DOI 10.1111/brv.12244.
Karatayev, A. K., L. E. Burlakova, T. D. Miller, M. F. Perrelli. 2015. Long-term dynamics of the Rio Grande endangered endemic mollusc Popenaias popeii: An attempt to reconstruct historical range and population size. Hydrobiologia, DOI 10.1007/s10750-015-2551-3.
Burlakova, L. E., E. K. Hinchey, A. Y. Karatayev, and L. G. Rudstam. 2018. U.S. EPA Great Lakes National Program Office monitoring of the Laurentian Great Lakes: Insights from 40 years of data collection. Journal of the Great Lakes Research 44(4): 535-538. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2018.05.017.
Burlakova, L. E., R. P. Barbiero, A. Y. Karatayev, S. E. Daniel, E. K. Hinchey, and G. J. Warren. 2018. The benthic community of the Laurentian Great Lakes: analysis of spatial gradients and temporal trends from 1998 to 2014. Journal of the Great Lakes Research 44: 600-617. Open Access. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2018.04.008.
Burlakova, L. E., A. Y. Karatayev, E. Froufe, A. E. Bogan, and M. Lopes-Lima. 2018. A new freshwater bivalve species of the genus Cyclonaias from Texas (Unionidae: Ambleminae: Quadrulini). The Nautilus 132(2): 45–50.
Kovalenko, K. E. E. D. Reavie, R. P. Barbiero, L. E. Burlakova, A. Y. Karatayev, L. G. Rudstam, G. Warren, and J. M. Watkins. 2018. Patterns of long-term dynamics of aquatic communities and water quality parameters in the Great Lakes: Are they synchronized? Journal of the Great Lakes Research 44(4): 660-669.
Karatayev, A. Y., L. E. Burlakova, K. Mehler, R. P. Barbiero, E. K. Hinchey, P. D. Collingsworth, K. E. Kovalenko, and G. Warren. 2018. Life after Dreissena: The decline of exotic suspension feeder may have significant impacts on lake ecosystems. Journal of the Great Lakes Research 44(4): 650-659.
Karatayev, A. Y., K. Mehler, L. E. Burlakova, E. K. Hinchey, and G. Warren. 2018. Benthic video image analysis facilitates monitoring of Dreissena populations across spatial scales. Journal of the Great Lakes Research 44(4): 629-638.
Karatayev, A. Y., L. E. Burlakova, K. Mehler, S. A. Bocaniov, P. D. Collingsworth, G. Warren, R. T. Kraus, and E. K. Hinchey. 2018. Biomonitoring using invasive species in a large lake: Dreissena distribution maps hypoxic zones. Journal of the Great Lakes Research 44(4): 639-649. DOI 10.1016/j.jglr.2017.08.001.
Karatayev, A. Y., V. A. Karatayev, L. E. Burlakova, M. D. Rowe, K. Mehler, and Mark D. Clapsadl. 2018. Food depletion regulates the demography of invasive dreissenid mussels in a stratified lake. Limnology and Oceanography 63(5): 2065-2079. Open access. https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/lno.10924.
Mehler, K., L. E. Burlakova, A. Y. Karatayev, Z. Biesinger, and A. Valle-Lewinson, C. Castiglione, and D. Gorsky. 2018. Sonar technology and underwater video analysis can enhance invasive Dreissena distribution assessment in large rivers. Hydrobiologia 810: 119-131. DOI 10.1007/s10750-016-3040-z.
Lopes-Lima, M., L. E. Burlakova, A. Y. Karatayev, K. Mehler. M. Seddon, and R. Sousa. 2018. Conservation of freshwater bivalves at the global scale: diversity, threats and research needs. Hydrobiologia 810:1–14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3486-7.
Collas, F. P. L., A. Y. Karatayev, L. E. Burlakova, and R. S. E. W. Leuven. 2018. Detachment rates of dreissenid mussels after boat hull-mediated overland dispersal. Hydrobiologia 810: 77-84. DOI 10.1007/s10750-016-3072-4.
Dascher, E. D., L. E. Burlakova, A. Y. Karatayev, D. F. Ford, and A. N. Schwalb. 2018. Distribution of unionid freshwater mussels and host fishes in Texas. A study of broad-scale spatial patterns across basins and a strong climate gradient. Hydrobiologia 810: 315-331. DOI 10.1007/s10750-017-3168-5.
Karatayev, A. Y., L. E. Burlakova, T. D. Miller, and M. F. Perrelli. 2018. Reconstructing historical range and population size of an endangered mollusc: long-term decline of Popenaias popeii in the Rio Grande, Texas. Hydrobiologia 810: 333-349. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-015-2551-3.
Karatayev, A. Y., L. E. Burlakova, and D. K. Padilla. 2018. Can introduced species replace lost biodiversity? A test with freshwater molluscs. Hydrobiologia 810: 45-56. DOI 10.1007/s10750-017-3135-1.
Barbiero, R., B. M. Lesht, G. J. Warren, L. G. Rudstam, J. M. Watkins, E. D. Reavie, K. E. Kovalenko, A. Y. Karatayev. 2018. A comparative examination of recent changes in nutrients and lower food web structure in Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. Journal of the Great Lakes Research. 44: 573-589. DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2018.05.012.
Karatayev A. Y., and L. E. Burlakova. Corbicula fluminea Distribution in Texas. 108th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Sciences. March 3 - 5, 2005. Edinburg, Texas.
Karatayev A. Y., D. K. Padilla, D. Boltovskoy, L. E. Burlakova, and D. Minchin. Global spread of exotic freshwater bivalves. 97th Annual Meeting of National Shellfisheries Association, April 10-14 2005, Philadelphia.
Karatayev A. Y., L. E. Burlakova, D. K. Padilla, and D. Boltovskoy. Potential spread and ecosystem impacts of Limnoperna fortunei in Texas. 109th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Sciences. March 3 - 5, 2006. Beaumont, Texas.
Karatayev A. Y., D. Boltovskoy, D. K. Padilla, and L. E. Burlakova. Could Limnoperna fortunei be worse than Dreissena polymorpha? Potential spread and ecosystem impacts. 98th Annual Meeting of National Shellfisheries Association, March 2006, Monterey, California.
Karatayev, A. Y., L. E. Burlakova, and D. K. Padilla. Dreissena polymorpha in Belarus: 200 years of invasion, 70 years of research. 14th International Conference on Aquatic Nuisance Species. May, 2006, Key Biscayne, Florida.
Karatayev A. Y. Aquatic Invasive Species: Ongoing projects. July 2006. Naroch Biological Station, Naroch, Belarus.
Karatayev A. Y. , L. E. Burlakova, D. Boltovskoy, & D. K. Padilla. Potential effect of introduction of exotic bivalve Limnoperna fortunei on coastal ecosystems. Eighth Biennial State of the Bay Symposium “Charting the Course to 2015: People, the Bay, and the Future”. Galveston, Texas, January 23-25, 2007.
Karatayev A. Y., L. E. Burlakova, D. Boltovskoy, and D. K. Padilla. Bivalve Limnoperna fortunei: another potential invader in Texas. Big Thicket Science Conference, March 22-25, 2007, Beaumont, Texas.
Karatayev A. Y., D. Boltovskoy, D. K. Padilla, L. E. Burlakova, and. V. A. Karatayev. Limnoperna fortunei – a new potential invader to North America. Invited seminar, University of Florida, Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Gainesville, April 13, 2007.
Karatayev A. Y., D. Boltovskoy, D. K. Padilla, L. E. Burlakova, and. V. A. Karatayev. Limnoperna fortunei – a new potential invader to North America: could it be worse than zebra mussel? Invited seminar, Trout Lake Station, University of Wisconsin-Madison, June 13, 2007.
Karatayev, A. Y., L. E. Burlakova, S. M. Mastitsky, and S. Olenin. Aquatic exotic species in Belarus: Past, Current and Future Invasions. Abstracts of 15th International Conference on Aquatic Nuisance Species. September 23-27, 2007, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. P. 33.
Karatayev, A. Y., L. E. Burlakova, D. K. Padilla, S. Olenin, and S. M. Mastitsky. Invaders are not a random selection of species. Abstracts of 15th International Conference on Aquatic Nuisance Species. September 23-27, 2007, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Karatayev, A. Y., and L. E. Burlakova. Zebra Mussel Impacts on Wisconsin’s Lakes: Long-term dynamics and current status of benthic community of Lake Mendota, and potential effects of Zebra mussels. 30th Wisconsin Lakes Convention, Green Bay, WI, April 17-19, 2008.
Karatayev, A. Y., L. E. Burlakova, D. K., Padilla, S. E. Mastitsky, and S. Olenin. How freshwater macroinvertebrate invaders differ from native species? IAGLR's 51st Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research (The International Association for Great Lakes Research), May 19 – 23, 2008, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario.
Karatayev, A. Y., L. E. Burlakova, D. K. Padilla, S. E. Mastitsky, and S. Olenin. Aquatic invaders are not a random selection of species. 2008 American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Summer Meeting, 8-13 June 2008, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Karatayev, A. Y., L. E. Burlakova, D. K. Padilla, S. Olenin, and S. M. Mastitsky. Invaders are not a random selection of species. Invited talk at the Cornell University Biological Field Station, Bridgeport, NY. June 17, 2008.
Karatayev, A. Y., L. E. Burlakova, D. K. Padilla, D. Boltovskoy, D. Minchin, S. E. Mastitsky, and V. A. Karatayev. Change in global economies and trade: the potential spread of exotic freshwater bivalves. Invited talk at EEB seminar at the University of Buffalo. February 27, 2009.
Karatayev, A. Y., D. Boltovskoy, L. E. Burlakova, D. Cataldo, V. A. Karatayev, F. Sylvester, and A. Marinelarena. Colonization pattern, population density and ecosystem impact of the Golden mussel Limnoperna fortunei. 16th International Conference on Aquatic Nuisance Species. April 19-23 2009, Montreal, Canada.
Karatayev, A. Y., V. A. Karatayev, L. E., Burlakova, and D. Boltovskoy. Could Limnoperna fortunei be worse than Dreissena polymorpha? Population density and potential impacts. 16th International Conference on Aquatic Nuisance Species. April 19-23 2009, Montreal, Canada.
Karatayev, A. Y., L. E. Burlakova, V. A. Karatayev, and D. K. Padilla. Vectors of introduction spread and potential impacts of exotic freshwater gastropods in Southern US. 16th International Conference on Aquatic Nuisance Species. April 19-23 2009, Montreal, Canada.
Karatayev, A. Y., L. E. Burlakova, S. E. Mastitsky, D. K. Padilla, and E. L. Mills. Invasion paradox: why Dreissena rostriformis bugensis, being less invasive, outcompete D. polymorpha? 52 Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research. The International Association for Great Lakes Research, May 18 – 22, 2009, Toledo, OH.
Karatayev, A. Y., L. E. Burlakova, C. Pennuto, and C. P. Basiliko. Dominance of exotic invertebrates changes the Lake Erie benthic community. 6th Biennial Conference of the Lake Erie Millennium Network. April 27-29, 2010, Windsor, ON.
Karatayev, A. Y., L. E. Burlakova, S. E. Mastitsky, D. K. Padilla, and M. Hajduk. Contrasting survival and growth of zebra mussels and quagga mussels under different temperature regimes. 53rd Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research. The International Association for Great Lakes Research, May 17-21, 2010, Toronto, ON.
Karatayev, A. Y., L. E. Burlakova, S. E. Mastitsky, D. K. Padilla, E. L. Mills, and V. A. Karatayev. Competitive ability versus invasion rate: which is a better invader, Dreissena polymorpha or Dreissena rostriformis bugensis? 2010 American Society of Limnology and Oceanography ASLO/NABS Summer Meeting, June 6-10, 2010, Santa Fe, NM.
Karatayev, A. Y., L. E. Burlakova, S. E. Mastitsky, D. K. Padilla, and E. L. Mills Invasion paradox: why Dreissena rostriformis bugensis, being less invasive, outcompete D. polymorpha? 17 th International Conference on Aquatic Nuisance Species. August 29-September 2, 2010, San Diego, CA.
Karatayev, A. Y. Invasive Bivalves as Ecosystem Engineers Invited Seminar at NOAA-GLERL. Ann Arbor, MI, November 12, 2010.
Karatayev, A. Y., S. E. Mastitsky, L. E. Burlakova, V. A. Karatayev, D. B. Conn, and M. M. Hadjuk. Exotic molluscs in the Great Lakes Region host pathogenic trematodes. 54 th Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research. The International Association for Great Lakes Research, May 30 – June 3, Duluth Minnesota.
Karatayev, A. Y. L. E. Burlakova, and, D. K. Padilla. Distribution, population dynamics and ecosystem impacts of Dreissena polymorpha and Dreissena rostriformis bugensis. IV International Conference ”Lake Ecosystems: Biological Processes, Antropogenic Transformation, Water Quality. September 12-17, 2011. Naroch-Minsk, Belarus.
Karatayev, A. Y. Invasive bivalves as ecosystem engineers. Invited Seminar at Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar, SUNY Albany. February 3, 2012.
Karatayev, A. Y., Burlakova, L. E., S. E. Mastitsky. Predicting the zebra mussels spread: what can we learn from 200 years of continuous invasion. 55th Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research. May 13-17, Cornwell, Ontario, Canada.
Karatayev, A. Y. Parasites of exotic species in invaded areas: does lower diversity mean lower epizootic impact? Invited talk at the Cornell University Biological Field Station, Bridgeport, NY. June 20, 2012.
Karatayev, A. Y., T. D. Miller, and L. E. Burlakova. Long-term changes in unionid assemblages in the Rio Grande, one of the World’s top 10 rivers at risk. International Meeting on Biology and Conservation of Freshwater Bivalves Bragança, Portugal, September 2012.
Karatayev, A. Y. 35 years of research. Invited Presentation at EPA Great Lakes National Program Office, Chicago, November 2012.
Karatayev, A. Y., L. E. Burlakova, C. M. Pennuto, J. Ciborowsky, V. A. Karatayev, P. Juette, and M. Clapsadl. Twenty five years of changes in Dreissena spp. populations in Lake Erie. 56th Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research. June 3 – 6, West Lafayette, Indiana.
Karatayev, A. Y., L. E. Burlakova, and D. K. Padilla. Spread, population dynamics and ecosystem impacts of zebra versus quagga mussels: What do we know and what we do not? 18th International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species. April 21-25 2013, Niagara Falls Ontario, Canada.
Karatayev, A. Y., L. E. Burlakova, S. E. Mastitsky, and D. K. Padilla. Predicting the Zebra Mussels Spread: What Can We Learn From 200 Years of Continuous Invasion? 18th International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species. April 21-25 2013, Niagara Falls Ontario, Canada.
Karatayev, A. Y., L. E. Burlakova, and T. D. Miller. Long-term changes in the distribution range and population size of Texas hornshell Popenaias popeii. 8th Biennial Symposium of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, Mar 10 – 14, 2013, Guntersville, Alabama.
Karatayev, A. Y., L. E. Burlakova, and D. K. Padilla. The most aggressive freshwater invaders: Parallels, contrasts, spread, and ecosystem impacts of zebra and quagga mussels. World Congress of Malacology. July 22-26, 2013, Azores, Portugal.
Karatayev, A. Y., L. E. Burlakova, and D. K. Padilla. Spread, population dynamics and ecosystem impacts of zebra versus quagga mussels. 57th Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research. May 26-30, 2014, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Karatayev, A. Y., T. D. Miller, and L. E. Burlakova. Long-term changes in the distribution range and population size of endemic unionid bivalve Popenaias popeii. Invited talk presented February 4, 2014 at Berry College seminar, Rome Georgia.
Karatayev, A. Y., L. E. Burlakova, and D. K. Padilla. Zebra versus quagga mussels: spread, population dynamics, and ecosystem impacts of zebra versus quagga mussels. 15th World Lake Conference. September 1 -5, 2014, Perugia, Italy.
Karatayev, A. Y., L. E. Burlakova, and K. Mehler. Preliminary Results of Dreissena spp. study in Lake Erie using traditional sampling and Video Imaging Analysis. Invited talk presented February 12, 2015 at EPA Great Lakes National Program Office, Chicago.
Karatayev, A. Y., L. E. Burlakova, and D. K. Padilla. Difference in spread, population dynamics, and ecosystem impacts of two Dreissena congeners. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting. February 2015, Granada, Spain.
Karatayev, A. Y., L. E. Burlakova, and K. Mehler. Long-term dynamics of Dreissena spp. in Lake Erie: Insights for population boom and bust. 58th Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research. May 25-29, 2015, Burlington, Vermont.
Karatayev, A. Y., L. E. Burlakova, K. Mehler, and R. P. Barbiero. Environmental factors affection distribution and population dynamics of Dreissena spp. in Lake Erie. Invited talk at the Cornell University Biological Field Station June 18, 2015, Bridgeport, NY.
Candidate Dissertation Title: Ecology of Dreissena polymorpha Pallas and its effects on macrozoobenthos of the thermal power plant’s cooling reservoir. Supervisor V. P. Lyakhnovich. 1977-1983.
Doctoral Dissertation Title: The structure and function of benthic and periphyton’s communities in cooling reservoirs. 1984-1992.

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