Objectives and Goals

-to provide a qualified reference system on alien species for the Baltic Sea area, available online for environmental managers, researchers, students and all concerned;

-to update the information on the Baltic Sea alien species, their biology, vectors of introduction, spread, impacts on environment and economy;

-to encourage the exchange of data among different geographical regions and thereby to serve a node in the Global Information System for Invasive Species.

Initiative

Baltic Marine Biologists (BMB)

Support

	The Nordic Council of Ministers Information Office in Lithuania
	HELCOM
	Baltic Sea Regional Project, Global Environment Facility

News and Updates

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October 2010 - The latest update of NIS inventory. For more information see "Species Directory" section. Update of alien species entries.

March 2006 - A new option of Literature Search is completed and stored on-line. This option will allow Database users to search literature on the Baltic Sea alien species according to different types of information (by species, by ecological/economical impacts, ecological traits, etc.).

Project team

	Sergej Olenin - Project coordinator, editor
	Erkki Leppäkoski - Chairman of the BMB WG30 NEMO, editor
	Darius Daunys - Editor
	Eugenija Dauniene - IT manager
	Anastasija Zaiko - Editor, database administrator

Cite the Database as:
Baltic Sea Alien Species Database, 2007. Olenin S, Daunys D, Leppäkoski E, Zaiko A (editors). Retrieved: November 15, 2007, from http://www.corpi.ku.lt/nemo/