Our team brings together decades of hands-on laboratory experience with active leadership in cutting-edge research and applied science. Our work spans ecology, conservation, molecular method development and validation, biosecurity, risk analysis, and data-driven environmental decision support.
Brown S.A., Laroche O., Zaiko A., Molina V., First M., Drake L.A., Darling J.A. 2026. Molecular methods reveal responses of bacterial communities, including indicator species, to ballast water management. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 14: 1784. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse14191784
Olenin S., Kavan J., Strzelecki M.C., Kovacs K.M., Lydersen C., Christensen G., Politi T., Lukashanets D., Zaiko A., Thyrring J., Ye J.-A., Liu T.-K., Barone M., Dimante-Deimantovica I., Węsławski J.M., Piskorski W., Pluto-Kossakowska J., Sen A., Šiaulys A., Abdelgayed A., Daase M., Jensen M.A. and Søreide J.E. 2026. Paraglacial lagoons of Svalbard: emerging ecosystems at the Arctic Land-Sea interface. Front. Mar. Sci., 13: 1882495. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2026.1882495
Tian T., Pochon X., Bell P., Wellenreuther M. 2026. Beneath the surface: DNA metabarcoding reveals shifting biofouling patterns on marine artificial structures across season, depth, and substrate. Front. Mar. Sci., 13: 1909326. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2026.1909326
Giles E.C., Zaiko A., Hampton H.G., Saenz-Agudelo P., Scriver M., Crossett, D., Sim A., Zhang X.B., Jedrecka T., Blain C.O., Rauhina-August L., Cornwall C.E., Scharfenstein H., Willis A., Reddy M.M., Hamme M., Stephens T., Pochon X. 2026. Demography and Localized Reservoirs of Diversity Underlie Global Divergence in the Giant Kelp Macrocystis pyrifera. Molecular Ecology, 35: e70481. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.70481
Tian T., Pochon X., Bell P., Wellenreuther M. 2026. Biofouling on aquaculture mesh: disentangling seasonal and environmental effects with DNA metabarcoding. Biofouling, 42(6): 571-587. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927014.2026.2675243
Berry O., Nitschke M.R., Zivaljevic A., Budd A.M., Zaiko A., Camp E.F., Raes E.J., Luter H.M., Goold H.D., van de Kamp J., Seymour J.R., Quigley K.M., West K.M., Takahashi M., Paul N.A., Buerger P., Jarman S., Uthicke S., Chan W.Y., Yeoh Y.K. 2026. Omics, synthetic biology and biotechnology in Australian marine science, Australian Journal of Maritime & Ocean Affairs, DOI: 10.1080/18366503.2026.2694228
Thomson-Laing G., Robson C., Steiner K., Schallenberg L., Zaiko A., Wood S.A. 2026. Species, sampling method and location affect eel eDNA detection in a turbid lowland lake. Metabarcoding and Metagenomics 10: e185622. https://doi.org/10.3897/mbmg.10.185622
Scriver M., von Ammon U., Te Tai S., Tipene M., Watene K., Bamford N., Thomas A.C., Zaiko A. 2026. Automated eDNA sampling for marine monitoring and biosecurity: optimising temporal resolution, remote deployments, and community engagement. PeerJ 14:e21287 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.21287
Scriver M., Zaiko A., Gudaitytė R., Samuilovienė A. 2026. High-throughput microbiome profiling of fermented grain drinks: insights across manufacturers and batches. Metabarcoding and Metagenomics 10: e191385. https://doi.org/10.3897/mbmg.10.191385
Vivian J., Scriver M., Zaiko A., Shapcott A., Chazdon R.L., Catling A.A., Lee D.J. 2026. Recovery of soil microbiota in naturally regenerating Acacia mangium ecosystems. PeerJ 14:e21048. http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.21048
Lukashanets D., Olenina I., Grinienė E., Kilmonaitė G., Politi T., Šiaulys A., Šaškov A., Samuilovienė A., Zaiko A., Jankowska K., Węsławski J.M., Olenin S. 2026. Plankton distributional patterns in an emerging paraglacial Arctic lagoon reflect its complex nature. Polar Biology 49: 37.
Kingsbury, J.M., Laroche, O., Pochon, X., Zaiko, A., Lear, G., Weaver, L., Gaw, S., Masterton, H., Doake, F., Audrézet, F., Wallbank, J., Maday, S.D.M., Bridson, J.H., Abbel, R., Donaldson, L., Risani, R., Theobald, B., Dunlop, R., Northcott, G.L., Pantos, O. 2026. Plastic physico-chemical properties shape the early marine plastisphere, Environmental Pollution (390),127532. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2025.127532.
Durán-Vinet B., Stanton J.L., Jeunen G.J., Pochon X.., Zaiko A., Gemmell N.J. 2026. CRISPR as a next-generation environmental biosurveillance tool for air, land, and water. Trends Biotechnol., 44(7):1872-1891. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2025.11.014.
Miller, T. C., Pochon, X., Che-Pelicier, A., Hampton, H., Scriver, M., Sabadel, A., Barth, J. I., Gubili, C., Jehle, R., Matschiner, M., Ogutcen, E., Schabetsberger, R., & Giles, E. C. 2026. From rivers to the sea: a single gene assay for New Zealand freshwater eel eDNA monitoring. PeerJ, 14, e21612. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.21612
Zaiko A., Wood S., Floerl O., Fraser C., Snelder T. 2026. Freshwater high-risk sites and surveillance methods: Options analysis for freshwater field surveillance methods. Prepared for Ministry for Primary Industries, New Zealand.
Floerl O., Fraser C., Snelder T., Zaiko A., Wood S. 2026. Freshwater high-risk sites and surveillance methods: Part 1 - Incursion potential evaluation and spatial prioritisation. Prepared for Ministry for Primary Industries, New Zealand.
Clark D., Laroche O., Pilditch C., Ellis J., Pochon X., Rameka W., Drylie T., Zaiko A. 2026. Weaving new tools into estuary monitoring: guidance on integrating environmental DNA. Nelson: Cawthron Institute. Cawthron Report 4270. Prepared for Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
Clark D., Zaiko A., Laroche O., Pilditch C., Ellis J., Pochon X., Drylie T. 2026. Estuary eDNA sampling protocol for Aotearoa New Zealand. Version 1. Cawthron Report 4269. Prepared for Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment.
Pearman, J. K., Zaiko, A., Ståhlberg, A., Johansson, G., Håkansson, J., Filges, S., Scriver, M., Johansson, J., von Ammon U. (2025). Ultrasensitive Sequencing (SiMSen-Seq) for Environmental DNA Applications. Environmental DNA 7 (6), e70216. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.70216.
Durán-Vinet B., Stanton J.-A. L., Jeunen G.-J., von Ammon U., Treece J., Pochon X., Zaiko A., Gemmell N.J. 2025. CRISPR-Based Environmental Biosurveillance Assisted via Artificial Intelligence Design of Guide-RNAs. Environmental DNA 7: e70105.
Pochon X., Bowers H.A., Zaiko A., Wood S.A. 2025. Advancing the environmental DNAand RNA toolkit for aquatic ecosystem monitoring and management. PeerJ 13: e19119.
Von Ammon U., Jeunen G.-J., Laroche O., Pochon X., Gemmell N.J., Stanton J.-A. L., Zaiko A. 2025. Investigating passive eDNA samplers and submergence times for marine surveillance. PeerJ 13: e19043.
Scriver M., Zaiko A., Pochon X., Stanton J.-A. L., Belonovich O., Jeunen G.-J., Thomas A.C., Gemmell N.J., von Ammon U. 2025. Biodiversity monitoring in remote marine environments: Advancing environmental DNA/RNA sampling workflows. Marine Environmntal Research 206: 107041.
Šiaulys A., Šaškov A., Kilmonaite G., Lukashanets D., Politi T., Samuiloviene A., Zaiko A., Olenin S. 2025. A dataset on bathymetry and hydrology of an emerging periglacial lagoon in Svalbard, Arctic. Data in Brief 58: 111304.
Olenin S., Lukashanets D., Zaiko A., Samuiloviene A., Olenina I., Griniene E., Politi T., Šaškov A., Kilmonaite G., Šiaulys A. 2025. A dataset on environmental DNA, bacterio-, phyto- and zooplankton from an emerging periglacial lagoon in Svalbard, Arctic. Data in Brief 58: 111260.
Floerl O., Zaiko A. 2025. Developing options for marine biosecurity monitoring in the Waikato Coastal Marine Area. Prepared by LWP and Sequench for Waikato Regional Council. LWP Client Report Number: 2025-4. 105p.
Katsanevakis S., Zaiko A., Olenin S., Costello M.J. et al. 2024. GuardIAS – Guarding European Waters from Invasive Alien Species. Management of Biological Invasions 14(4): 701-730.
Scriver M., von Ammon U., Pochon X., Zirngibl M., Auderzet F., Leonard K., Pedersen K., Bamford N., Tahere N., Stanton J.-A. L., Gemmell N.J., Zaiko A.** 2024. Ebbs and Flows of Marine Biodiversity: Navigating Spatiotemporal Patterns of Environmental DNA in a Coastal Tidal Ecosystem. Environmental DNA. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.70039
Jarman S., Ackermann F., Marnane M., Berry O., Bunce M., Dawkins K., Furlan E., Lukehurst S., McDonald J., Pochon X., Wilkinson S., Zaiko A., Harvey E. 2024. Research horizons for invasive marine species detection with eDNA/eRNA. Biological Invasions, 26: 3715-3731.
Kotta J., Ojaveer H., Kaasik A., Szava-Kovats R., Nurkse K., Outinen O., Einberg H., Zaiko A., Lehtiniemi M., Orav-Kotta H., Barboza F.R. 2024. Universal framework for assessing the environmental impact of marine non‑indigenous species in different situations of data availability. Hydrobiologia, 852: 2507-2519, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-024-05619-x
Zaiko A., Cardeccia A., Carlton J.T., Clark G.F., Creed J.C., Davidson I., Floerl O., Galil B., Grosholz E., Hopkins G.A., Johnston E.L., Kotta J., Marchini A., Ojaveer H., Rui G., Therriault T.W., Inglis G.J. 2024. Structural and functional effects of global invasion pressure on benthic marine communities—patterns, challenges and priorities. Diversity and Distributions, 30:e13838.
Scriver M., von Ammon U., Pocho, X., Arranz V., Stanton J. A. L., Gemmell N. J., Zaiko A. 2024. Environmental DNA–RNA dynamics provide insights for effective monitoring of marine invasive species. Environmental DNA, 6(2), e531.
Tzeng M.W., Floerl L., Schattschneider J., Floerl O., Jeffs A., Zaiko A. 2024. Quantifying the probability of a successful marine bioinvasion due to source-destination risk factors. Ecology and Evolution 14: e10984.
Scriver M., von Ammon U., Youngbull C., Pochon X., Stanton J.-A. L., Gemmell N.J., Zaiko A. 2024. Drop it all: extraction-free detection of targeted marine species through optimized direct droplet digital PCR. Peer J 12: e16969. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16969
Theobald B., Risani R., Donaldson L., Bridson J.H., Kingsbury J.M., Pantos O., Weaver L., Lear G., Pochon X., Zaiko A., Smith D.A., Anderson R., Davy B., Davy S., Doake F., Masterton H., Auderzet F., Maday S.D.M., Wallbank J.A., Barbier M., Greene A.F., Parker K., Harris J., Northcott G.L., Abbel. R. 2024. An investigation into the stability and degradation of plastics in aquatic environments using a large-scale field-deployment study. Science of the Total Environment 917: 170301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170301
Pochon X., Laroche O., von Ammon U., Zaiko A. 2024. Filter no more: A modified plankton sampler for rapid in-water eDNA capture. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 15: 60-68. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14258
Durán-Vinet B., Araya-Castro K., Zaiko A., Pochon X., Wood S.A., Stanton J.L., Jeunen G.J., Scriver M., Kardailsky A., Chao T.C., Ban D.K., Moarefian M., Aran K., Gemmell N.J. 2023. CRISPR-Cas-Based Biomonitoring for Marine Environments: Toward CRISPR RNA Design Optimization Via Deep Learning. CRISPR J. 6(4):316-324. doi: 10.1089/crispr.2023.0019.
von Ammon, U., Casanovas, P., Pochon, X., Zirngibl, M., Leonard, K., Smith, A., Chetham J., Milner D., Zaiko, A. 2023. Harnessing environmental DNA to reveal biogeographical patterns of non-indigenous species for improved co-governance of the marine environment in Aotearoa New Zealand. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 17061. doi:10.1038/s41598-023-44258-5
Clarke L.J., Shaw J.D., Suter L., Atalah J., Bergstrom D.M., Biersma E., Convey P., Greve M., … Zaiko A., MacDonald A.J. 2023. An expert-driven framework for applying eDNA tools to improve biosecurity in the Antarctic. Management of Biological Invasions 14(3): 379-402.
Carvalho S., Shchepanik H., Aylagas E., Berumen M. L., Costa F. O., Costello M. J., . . . Zaiko A. 2023. Hurdles and opportunities in implementing marine biosecurity systems in data-poor regions. BioScience, 73(7): 494-512. doi:10.1093/biosci/biad056
Scriver M., Zaiko A., Pochon X., von Ammon U. 2023. Harnessing decay rates for coastal marine biosecurity applications: A review of environmental DNA and RNA fate. Environmental DNA. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.405
Zaiko A., Scheel M., Schattschneider J., von Ammon U., Scriver M., Pochon X., Pearman J.K. 2023. Pest Alert Tool—a web-based application for flagging species of concern in metabarcoding datasets. Nucleic Acids Research, 51(W1): 438–442 https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkad364
Picard M.H.V., Zaiko A., Tidy A.M., Kelly D.J., Thomson-Laing G., Wilkinson S.P., Pochon X., Vandergoes M.J., Hawes I., Wood S.A. 2023. Optimal sample type and number vary in small shallow lakes when targeting non-native fish environmental DNA. PeerJ 11: e15210. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15210
Laroche O., Pantos O., Kingsbury J.M., Zaiko A., Wallbank J., Lear G., Thompson-Laing J., Audrezet F., Maday S., Doake F., Abbel R., Barbier M., Masterton H., Risani R., Smith D., Theobald B., Weaver L. & Pochon X. 2023. A spatio-temporal analysis of marine diatom communities associated with pristine and aged plastics, Biofouling, 39:4, 427-443.
Zilius M., Bartoli M., Bonaglia S., Cardini U., Chiozzini V.G., Marzocchi U., Moraes P.C., Zaiko A., Braga E.S. 2023. Role of crab holobionts in benthic N cycling in mangroves with different trophic status. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 712:87-99. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14327
De Brauwer, M., Clarke, L. J., Chariton, A., Cooper, M. K., de Bruyn, M., Furlan, E., MacDonald, A. J., Rourke, M. L., Sherman, C. D. H., Suter, L., Villacorta-Rath, C., Zaiko, A., & Trujillo-González, A. (2023). Best practice guidelines for environmental DNA biomonitoring in Australia and New Zealand. Environmental DNA 5(3): 417-423. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.395
Steiner K., Drinan T., Zaiko A., Burton T., Clearwater S.J., Stocker M.G., McMillan M., Bayer, T.K., Vandergoes M.J., Wood S.A. 2023. Heterogenous distribution of kākahi (freshwater mussel Echyridella menziesii) environmental DNA in 5 New Zealand lakes of differing size and geomorphology. https://doi.org/10.1086/722968
Lenzen M., Tzeng M., Floerl O., Zaiko A. 2023. Application of multi-region input-output analysis to examine biosecurity risks associated with the global shipping network. Science of the total environment 854: 158758.
Ojaveer H., Einberg H., Lehtiniemi M., Outinen O., Zaiko A., Jelmert A., Kotta J. 2023. Quantifying impacts of human pressures on ecosystem services: of widespread non-indigenous species in the Baltic Sea. Science of the total environment 858: 159975.
Audrézet F., Zaiko A., Cahill P., Champeau O., Tremblay L.A., Smith D., Wood S.A., Lear G., Pochon X. 2022. Does plastic type matter? Insights into non-indigenous marine larvae recruitment under controlled conditions. PeerJ 10:e14549 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14549
von Ammon U., Pochon X., Casanova P., Trochel B., Zirngibl M., Thomas A., Witting J., Joyce P., Zaiko A. 2022. Net overboard: Comparing marine eDNA sampling methodologies at sea to unravel marine biodiversity. Molecular Ecology Resources 23(2): 440-452 DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13722.
O’Rorke R., van der Reis A., von Ammon U., Beckley L.E., Pochon X., Zaiko A., Jeffs A. 2022. eDNA metabarcoding shows latitudinal eukaryote micro- and mesoplankton diversity stabilizes across oligotrophic region of a >3000 km longitudinal transect in the Indian Ocean. Deep-Sea Research II https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2022.105178
Politi T., Zilius M., Forni P., Zaiko A., Daunys D., Bartoli M. 2022. Biogeochemical buffers in a eutrophic coastal lagoon along an oxic-hypoxic transition. Published in Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 279: 108132
Jeunen G.-J., von Ammon U., Cross H., Ferreira S., Lamare M., Day R., Treece J., Pochon X., Zaiko A., Gemmell N.J., Stanton J-A. L. 2022. Moving environmental DNA (eDNA) technologies from benchtop to the field using passive sampling and PDQeX extraction. Environmental DNA, DOI: 10.1002/edn3.356
Audrezet F., Pochon X., Floerl O., Le Guen M.-J., Trochel B., Gambarini V., Lear G., Zaiko A. 2022. Eco-Plastics in the Sea: Succession of micro- and macro-fouling on a biodegradable polymer augmented with oyster shell. Frontiers in Marine Science 9: 891183. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.891183
Zirngibl M., von Ammon U., Pochon X., Zaiko A. 2022. A rapid molecular assay for detecting the Mediterranean fanworm Sabella spallanzanii trialed by non-scientist users. Frontiers in Marine Science 9: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.861657
Brand S.C., Jeffs A.G., von Ammon U., Zaiko A. 2022. Assessing the presence, settlement and growth of the invasive Mediterranean fanworm, Sabella spallanzanii, on mussel farms. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 554: 151767.
Zaiko A., von Ammon U., Stuart J., Smith K.F., Yao R., Welsh M., Pochon X., Bowers H.A. 2022. Assessing the performance and efficiency of environmental DNA/RNA capture methodologies under controlled experimental conditions. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 13(7): 1581-1594 https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13879
Brasell K.A., Pochon X., Howarth J., Pearman J.K., Zaiko A., Thompson L., Vandergoes M.J., Simon K.S., Wood S.A. 2022. Shifts in DNA yield and biological community composition in stored sediment: implications for paleogenomic studies. Metabarcoding & Metagenomics 6: 78128.
De Brauwer M, Chariton A, Clarke LJ, Cooper MK, DiBattista J, Furlan E, Giblot-Ducray D, Gleeson D, Harford A, Herbert S, MacDonald AJ, Miller A, Montgomery K, Mooney T, Noble LM, Rourke M, Sherman CDH, Stat M, Suter L, West KM, White N, Villacorta-Rath C, Zaiko A & Trujillo-Gonzalez A. 2022. Environmental DNA protocol development guide for biomonitoring. National eDNA Reference Centre, Canberra. 49 p.
De Brauwer M, Chariton A, Clarke LJ, Cooper MK, DiBattista J, Furlan E, Giblot-Ducray D, Gleeson D, Harford A, Herbert S, MacDonald AJ, Miller A, Montgomery K, Mooney T, Noble LM, Rourke M, Sherman CDH, Stat M, Suter L, West KM, White N, Villacorta-Rath C, Zaiko A & Trujillo-Gonzalez A. 2022. Environmental DNA test validation guidelines. National eDNA Reference Centre, Canberra. 33p.
Zaiko A., Pearman J. 2022. Bacterial assemblages associated with carbon sequestration potential in marine wetland sediments. Prepared for Nelson City Council. Cawthron Report No. 3845. 13 p. plus appendices.
Floerl O., Atalah J., Bugnot A., Chandler M., Dafforn K.A., Floerl L., Zaiko A., Major R. 2021. A global model to forecast coastal hardening and support mitigation of socioecological risks. Nature Sustainability, 4: 1060–1067. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-021-00780-w
Tzeng M. W., Floerl O., Zaiko A. 2021. A framework for compiling quantifications of marine biosecurity risk factors associated with common vessel types. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8: 723782
Zaiko A., Greenfield P., Abbott C., von Ammon U., Bilewitch J., Bunce M., . . . Pochon X. 2021. Towards reproducible metabarcoding data: Lessons from an international cross-laboratory experiment. Molecular Ecology Resource 22(2): 519-538. doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13485
Brasell K.A., Howarth J., Pearman J., Fitzsimons S.J., Zaiko A., Pochon X., Vandergoes M.J., Simon K.S., Wood S.A. 2021. Lake microbial communities are not resistant or resilient to repeated large‐scale natural pulse disturbances. Molecular Ecology DOI: 10.1111/mec.16110
Ardura A., Martinez J.L., Zaiko A., Garcia-Vazquez E. 2021. Poorer diversity but tougher species in old ballast water: Biosecurity challenges explored from visual and molecular techniques. Marine Pollution Bulletin 168(3):112465.
Clark D., Stephenson F., Hewitt J.E., Ellis J., Zaiko A., Berthelson A., Bulmer R., Pilditch C.A. 2021. Influence of land-derived stressors and environmental variability on compositional turnover and diversity of estuarine benthic communities. Marine Ecology Progress Series 666:1-18
Ojaveer H., Kotta J., Outinen O., Einberg H., Zaiko A., Lehtiniemi M. 2021. Meta-analysis on the ecological impacts of widely spread non-indigenous species in the Baltic Sea. Science of The Total Environment, 786, 147375.
Bowers H., Pochon X., von Ammon U., Gemmell N. J., Stanton J.-A., Jeunen G.-J., Sherman C.D.H., Zaiko A. 2021. Towards optimization of eDNA/eRNA sampling technologies for marine biosecurity surveillance. Water, 13(8), 1113.
Zilius M., Vybernaite-Lubiene I., Vaiciute D., Overlinge D., Griniene E., Zaiko A., Bongalia S., Liskow I., Voss M., Andersson A., Brugel S., Politi T., Bukaveckas P.A. 2021. Spatiotemporal patterns of N2 fixation in coastal waters derived from rate measurements and remote sensing. Biogeosciences 18: 1857-1871
Politi, T., Barisevičiūte, R., Bartoli, M., Bonaglia, S., Cardini, U., Castaldelli, G., Kančauskaitė, A., Marzocchi, U., Petkuviene, J., Samuiloviene, A., Vybernaite‐Lubiene, I., Zaiko, A., Zilius, M. 2021. A bioturbator, a holobiont, and a vector: The multifaceted role of Chironomus plumosus in shaping N-cycling. Freshwater Biology, 66(6): 1036-1048. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13696
Zilius M., Samuiloviene A., Stanislauskiene R., Broman E., Bonaglia S., Meškys R., Zaiko A. 2021. Depicting temporal, functional, and phylogenetic patterns in estuarine diazotrophic communities from environmental DNA and RNA. Microbial Ecology, 81(1):36-51 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-020-01562-1
Pearman J.K., von Ammon U., Laroche O., Zaiko A., Wood S.A., Zubia M., Planes S., Pochon X. 2020. Metabarcoding as a tool to enhance marine surveillance of nonindigenous species in tropical harbors: A case study in Tahiti. Environmental DNA 3(1): 173-189.
Pearman J.K., Keeley N.B., Wood S.A., Laroche O., Zaiko A., Thomson-Laing G., Biessy L., Atalah J., Pochon X. 2020. Comparing sediment DNA extraction methods for assessing organic enrichment associated with marine aquaculture. PeerJ: DOI 10.7717/peerj.10231.
Audrezet F., Zaiko A., Lear G., Wood S.A., Tremblay L.A., Pochon X. 2020. Biosecurity implications of drifting marine plastic debris: Current knowledge and future research. Marine Pollution Bulletin 162: 111835.
von Ammon U., Jeffs A., Zaiko A., van der Reis A., Goodwin D., Beckley L.E., Malpot E., Pochon X. 2020. A portable cruising speed net: expanding global collection of sea surface plankton Data. Front. Mar. Sci. 7:615458.
Marzocchi U., Bonaglia S., Zaiko A., Quero G. M., Vybernaite-Lubiene I., Politi T., Samuiloviene A., Zilius M., Bartoli M., Cardini U. 2020. Zebra mussel holobionts fix and recycle nitrogen in lagoon sediments. Frontiers in Microbiology 11: 610269.
Ardura A., Rick J, Martinez J.L., Zaiko A., Garcia-Vazquez E. 2020. Stress resistance for unravelling potential biopollutants. Insights from ballast water community analysis through DNA. Marine Pollution Bulletin 163: 111935.
Clark D.E., Pilditch C.A., Pearman J.K., Ellis J.I., Zaiko A. 2020. Environmental DNA metabarcoding reveals estuarine benthic community response to nutrient enrichment - Evidence from an in situ experiment. Environmental Pollution 267: 115472
Aylagas E., Borja A., Pochon X., Zaiko A., Keeley N., Bruce K., Hong P., Ruiz G.M., Stein E.D., Theroux S., Geraldi N., Ortega A., Gaidzik L., Coker D.J., Katan Y., Hikmawan T., Saleem A., Alamer S., Jones B.H., Duarte C.M,. Pearman J., Carvalho S. 2020. Translational Molecular Ecology in practice: Linking DNA-based methods to actionable marine environmental management. Science of the Total Environment 744: 140780
Darling J.A., Pochon X., Abbott C.L., Inglis G.J., Zaiko A. 2020. The risks of using molecular biodiversity data for incidental detection of species of concern. Diversity and Distributions 26(9): 116-1121 https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13108
Zaiko A., Wood S.A., Pochon X., Biessy L., Laroche O., Croot P., Garcia-Vazquez E. 2020. Elucidating biodiversity shifts in ballast water tanks during a cross-latitudinal transfer: Complementary insights from molecular analyses. Environmental Science & Technology 54(13): 8443-8454 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c01931
Wood S.A., Biessy L., Latchford J.L, Zaiko A., von Ammon U., Auderzet F., Cristescu M.E., Pochon X. 2020. Release and degradation of environmental DNA and RNA in a marine system. Science of The Total Environment 704: 135314.
Zaiko A., Steiner K. 2020. Environmental DNA screening of Sabella spalanzanii and Styela clava from water samples in the Tutukaka marina. Prepared for Northland Regional Council. Cawthron Report No. 3468. 9 p. plus appendices.
Von Ammon U., Wood S.A., Laroche O., Zaiko A., Lavery S., Inglis G.J., Pochon X. 2019. Linking environmental DNA and RNA for improved detection of the marine invasive fanworm Sabella spallanzanii. Frontiers in Marine Science 6: 621.
Wood S.A., Pochon X., Laroche O., von Ammon U., Adamson J., Zaiko A. 2019. A comparison of droplet digital polymerase chain reaction (PCR), quantitative PCR and metabarcoding for species-specific detection in environmental DNA. Molecular Ecology Resources 19: 1407-1419. DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13055.
Samuiloviene A., Bartoli M., Bongalia S., Cardini U., Vybernaite-Lubiene I., Marzocchi U., Petkuviene J., Politi T., Zaiko A., Zilius M. 2019. The effect of chironomid larvae on nitrogen cycling and microbial communities in soft sediments. Water 11: 1931. DOI:10.3390/w11091931
Sirois, I., Aguilar-Mahecha, A., Lafleur, J., Fowler, E., Vu, V., Scriver, M., Buchanan, M., Chabot, C., Ramanathan, A., Balachandran, B., Légaré, S., Przybytkowski, E., Lan, C., Krzemien, U., Cavallone, L., Aleynikova, O., Ferrario, C., Guilbert, M.-C., Benlimame, N., Saad, A., Alaoui-Jamali, M., Saragovi, H. U., Josephy, S., O'Flanagan, C., Hursting, S. D., Richard, V. R., Zahedi, R. P., Borchers, C. H., Bareke, E., Nabavi, S., Tonellato, P., Roy, J.-A., Robidoux, A., Marcus, E. A., Mihalcioiu, C., Majewski, J., & Basik, M. (2019). A Unique Morphological Phenotype in Chemoresistant Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Reveals Metabolic Reprogramming and PLIN4 Expression as a Molecular Vulnerability. Molecular Cancer Research, 17(12), 2492–2507. https://doi.org/10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-19-0264
Pochon X, Wood S, Atalah J, Laroche O, Zaiko A, Keeley N 2019. A validated protocol for benthic monitoring of New Zealand's salmon farms using environmental DNA. Prepared for Seafood Innovation Ltd, New Zealand King Salmon Company Ltd, Ministry for Primary Industries and Marlborough District Council. Cawthron Report No. 3400. 51 p. plus appendices.
Zaiko A., Steiner K. 2019. Analysis of water eDNA samples for the presence of Sabella spallanzanii around Tasman/Golden bays and Port Nelson. Prepared for Tasman District Council and Nelson City Council. Cawthron Report No. 3379. 8 p. plus appendix.
Von Ammon U., Wood S.A., Laroche O., Zaiko A., Tait L., Lavery S., Inglis G.J., Pochon X. 2018. Combining morpho-taxonomy and metabarcoding enhances the detection of non-indigenous marine pests in biofouling communities. Scientific Reports 8:16290.
Wood S.A., Pochon X., Ming W., von Ammon U., Woods C., Carter M., Smoth M., Inglis G.J., Zaiko A. 2018. Considerations for incorporating real-time PCR assays into routine marine biosecurity surveillance programmes: a case study targeting the Mediterranean fanworm (Sabella spallanzanii) and club tunicate (Styela clava). Genome, 62(3):137-146 DOI: 10.1139/gen-2018-0021
Zaiko A., Pochon X., Garcia-Vazquez E., Olenin S., Wood S.A. 2018. Advantages and limitations of environmental DNA/RNA tools for marine biosecurity: management and surveillance of non-indigenous species. Frontiers in Marine Science 5: 322 DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00322
Ojaveer H., Galil B.S., Carlton J.T., Alleway H., Goulletquer P., Lehtiniemi M., Marchini A., Miller W., Occhipinti-Ambrogi A., Peharda M., Ruiz G.M., Williams S.L., Zaiko A. 2018. Historical baselines in marine bioinvasions: Implications for policy and management. PLoS ONE 13(8): e0202383. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202383
Schernewski G., Friedland R., Buer A.-L., Dahlke S., Drews B., Höft S., Klumpe T., Schadach M., Schumacher J., Zaiko A. 2018. Ecological-social-economic assessment of zebra-mussel cultivation scenarios for the Oder (Szczecin) Lagoon. Journal of Coastal Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11852-018-0649-2
Briand J.-F., Pochon X., Wood S.A., Bressy C., Garnier C., Réhel K., Urvois F., Culioli G., Zaiko A. 2018. Metabarcoding and metabolomics offer complementarity in deciphering marine eukaryotic biofouling community shifts. Biofouling 34(6): 657-672.
Ardura A., Clusa, L., Zaiko A., Garcia-Vazquez E., Miralles L. 2018. Stress related epigenetic changes may explain opportunistic success in biological invasions in Antipode mussels. Scientific Reports 8: 10793 (DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-29181-4)
Bagdanavičiūtė I., Umgiesser G., Vaičiūtė D., Bresciani M., Kozlov I., Zaiko A. 2018. GIS-based multi-criteria site selection for zebra mussel cultivation: Addressing end-of-pipe remediation of a eutrophic coastal lagoon ecosystem Science of the Total Environment 634: 990-1003.
Ardura A., Zaiko A. 2018. PCR-based assay for Mya arenaria detection from marine environmental samples and tracking its invasion in coastal ecosystems. Journal for Nature Conservation 43: 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jnc.2018.02.007
von Ammon U., Wood S.A., Laroche O., Zaiko A., Tait L., Lavery S., Inglis G., Pochon X. 2018. The impact of artificial surfaces on marine bacterial and eukaryotic biofouling assemblages: a high-throughput sequencing analysis. Marine Environmental Research 133: 57-66. doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2017.12.003
Zaiko A., Pochon X. 2018. Detection of Sabella Spallanzanii in environmental DNA collected around Opua (Bay of Islands). Prepared for Northland Regional Council. Cawthron Report No. 3246. 7 p. plus appendix.
Zaiko A., Wood S.A., Pochon X. 2018. Application of molecular techniques to support marine biosecurity in the top of the south region – detection of Sabella spallanzanii from eDNA samples (MDC Contract No. 2017/128). Cawthron Advice Letter 1818 to Marlborough District Council dated 11 May 2018. 9 p.
Muñoz-Colmenero M., Ardura A., Clusa L., Miralles L., Gower F., Zaiko A., Garcia-Vazquez E. 2017. New specific molecular marker detects Ficopomatus enigmaticus from water eDNA before positive results of conventional sampling. Journal for Nature Conservation 43: 173-178
Pochon X., Zaiko A., Fletcher L.M., Laroche O., Wood S.A. 2017. Wanted dead or alive? Using metabarcoding of environmental DNA and RNA to distinguish living assemblages for biosecurity applications. PLoS ONE 12(11): e0187636.
Fletcher L.M., Zaiko A., Atalah J., Richter I., Dufour C.M, Pochon X., Wood S.A., Hopkins G.A. 2017. Bilge water as a vector for the spread of marine pests: a morphological, metabarcoding and experimental assessment. Biological Invasions, 19(10):2851-2867. DOI: 10.1007/s10530-017-1489-y
Wood S.A., Zaiko A., Richter I., Inglis G.J., Pochon X. 2017. Development of a real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of the invasive Mediterranean fanworm, Sabella spallanzanii, in environmental samples. Environmental Science and Pollution Research: 17373-17382. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-9357-y
Ardura A., Zaiko A., Morán P., Planes S., Garcia-Vazquez E. 2017. Epigenetic signatures of invasive status in populations of marine invertebrates. Scientific Reports 7: 42193 (DOI: 10.1038/srep42193)
Rossberg A.G., Uusitalo L., Berg T., Zaiko A., Chenuil A., Maria C. Uyarra, Borja A., Lynam C.P. 2017. Quantitative criteria for choosing targets and indicators for sustainable use of ecosystems. Ecological Indicators 72: 215-224.
Wood S.A., Maier M.Y., Puddick J., Pochon X., Zaiko A., Dietrich D.R., Hamilton D.P. 2017. Trophic state and geographic gradients influence planktonic cyanobacterial diversity and distribution in New Zealand lakes. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 93(2): fiw234.
Olenin S., Gollasch S., Lehtiniemi M., Sapota M., Zaiko A. 2017. Chapter 5: Biological Invasions. In: Snoeijs Leijonmalm P., Schubert H., Radziejewska T. (Eds.) Biological Oceanography of the Baltic Sea, Springer, 193-232.
Zaiko A., Calkiewicz J., Eero M., von Dorrien C., Kuosa H., Klais R., Lehtiniemi M., Margonski P., Oesterwind D., Ojaveer H., Rau A., Reusch T., Törnroos A., Warzocha J., Winder M. (2017) Response of biodiversity indicators to management measures (test of indicators) BIO-C3 Deliverable, D5.1. EU BONUS BIO-C3, 50 pp., DOI 10.3289/BIO-C3_D5.1.
Zaiko A., Berthelsen A., Cornelisen C., Clark D., Bulmer R., Hewitt J., Stevens L., Stott R., McBride G., Hickey C., Banks J., Hudson N. 2017. Managing Upstream: Estuaries State and Values: Stage 1B report. Client report, prepared for the Ministry for the Environment. 66 pp. (with Appendices).
Cornelisen C., Zaiko A., Hewitt J., Berthelsen A., McBride G., Awatere S., Sinner J., Banks J., Hudson N. 2017. Managing Upstream: Estuaries State and Values: Stage 1A report. Client report 2017221HN prepared for the Ministry for the Environment. 98 pp.
Andersson H. C., Almoth Rosell E., Hordoir R., Kotta J., Kotterba P., MacKenzie B. R., von Nordheim, L., Oesterwind D., Siaulys A., Slov H., Wahlstrom I. and Zaiko A. 2017. Report on dynamics of benthic and pelagic habitats in space and time under different driver forcing,including identification of vulnerable habitats. . BIO-C3 Deliverable, D3.4. EU Bonusproject BIO-C3, 30 pp. DOI 10.3289/BIO-C3_D3.4.
Teixeira H., Berg T., Uusitalo L., Fürhaupter K., Heiskanen A.-S., Mazik K., Lynam C.P., Neville S., Rodriguez J.G., Papadopoulou N., Moncheva S., Churilova T., Kryvenko O., Krause-Jensen D., Zaiko A., Verissimo H., Pantazi M., Carvalho S., Patricio J., Uyarra M.C., Borja A. 2016. A catalogue of marine biodiversity indicators. Frontiers in Marine Science 3: Article207.
Clusa L., Ardura A., Gower F., Miralles L., Tsartsianidou V., Zaiko A., Garcia-Vazquez E. 2016. An easy phylogenetically informative method to trace the globally invasive Potamopyrgus mud snail from river’s eDNA. PLoS ONE 11(10): e0162899.
Ardura A., Zaiko A., Borrell Y.J., Samuiloviene A., Gracia-Vazquez E. 2016. Novel tools for early detection of a global aquatic invasive, the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha: Detection of Dreissena polymorpha from eDNA. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 27(1): 165-176.
Miralles L., Ardura A., Arias A., Borrell Y.J., Clusa L., Dopico E., Hernandez de Rojas A., Lopez B., Munos-Colmenero M., Roca A., Valiente A.G., Zaiko A., Garcia-Vazquez E. 2016. Barcodes of marine invertebrates from north Iberian ports: Native diversity and resistance to biological invasions. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 112(1-2): 183-188.
Oesterwind D., Rau A., Zaiko A. 2016. Drivers and pressures – untangling the terms commonly used in marine science and policy. Journal of Environmental Management, 181: 8-15, DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.05.058
Zaiko A., Schimanski K., Pochon X., Hopkins G.A., Goldstien S., Floerl O., Wood S.A. 2016. Metabarcoding improves detection of eukaryotes from early biofouling communities: implications for pest monitoring and pathway management. Biofouling, 32(6): 671-684.
Atalah J., Newcombe E.M., Zaiko A. 2016. Biocontrol of fouling pests: effect of diversity, identity and density of control agents. Marine Environmental Research, 115: 20-27, doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2016.01.006.
Chuseve R., Nygard H., Vaiciute D., Daunys D., Zaiko A. 2016. Application of Signal Detection Theory approach for setting thresholds in benthic quality assessments. Ecological Indicators, 60: 420-427.
Forrest B., Zaiko A. 2016. Marine biosecurity risks from offshore Māui facilities. Prepared for Shell Todd Oil Services Ltd. Cawthron Report No. 2812, pp. 80.
Oesterwind D., Dewitz B. v., Döring R., Eero M., Goti L., Kotta J., Nurske K., Ojaveer H., Rau A., Skov H., Stepputtis D. and Zaiko A. 2016. Review on patterns and dynamics of drivers of biodiversity (species, communities, habitats) across Baltic Sea ecosystems in space and time including socio-economy. BIO-C3 Deliverable, D3.1, 102 pp. DOI 10.3289/BIO-C3_D3.1.
Berg T., Aylagas E., Balsby T.J.S, Borja A., Bučas M., [......], Zaiko A, Zenetos A. 2016. Report on the new indicators and methods for setting reference and target values. DEVOTES Deliverable 3.3 (Public Report), pp.269
Clemmesen C., Behrens J., Christensen A., Christensen E. A. F., Dutz, J., […..], Zaiko A. 2016. Documentation on key drivers and physiological tolerance limits for resident and invasive species (Public Report), 100 pp. DOI 10.3289/BIO-C3_D2.2
Törnroos A., Bonsdorff E., MacKenzie B., Winder M., Margonski P., Ojaveer H., Kuosa H. and Zaiko A. (2016) Retrospective analysis of changes to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: Report on responses of biodiversity indicators (species, communities, traits) to past abiotic variables and relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in the Baltic Sea. BIO-C3 Deliverable, D4.1, 15 pp. DOI 10.22031/BIO-C3_D4.1.
Zaiko A., Samulioviene A., Ardura A., Garcia-Vazquez E. 2015. Metabarcoding approach for non-indigenous species surveillance in marine coastal waters. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 100:53-59.
Ardura A., Zaiko A., Martinez J.L., Samuiloviene A., Borrell Y., Garcia-Vazquez E. 2015. Environmental DNA evidence of transfer of North Sea molluscs across tropical waters through ballast water. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 81 (4): 495-501 doi:10.1093/mollus/eyv022
Ardura A., Zaiko A., Martinez J.L., Samuiloviene A., Semenova A., Garcia-Vazquez E. 2015. eDNA and specific primers for early detection of invasive species- a case study on the bivalve Rangia cuneata, currently spreading in Europe. Marine Environmental Research, 112(B): 48-55.
Zaiko A., Martinez J.L, Ardura A., Clusa A., Borrell Y.J., Samuiloviene A., Roca A., Garcia-Vazquez E. 2015. Detecting nuisance species using NGST: Methodology shortcomings and possible application in ballast water monitoring. Marine Environmental Research, 112: 64-72
Pochon X., Zaiko A., Hopkins G.A., Banks, J.C., Wood S.A. 2015. Early detection of eukaryotic communities from marine biofilm using high-throughput sequencing: an assessment of different sampling devices. Biofouling, 31(3): 241-251.
Zaiko A., Martinez J.L., Schmidt-Petersen J., Ribicic D., Samuloviene A., Garcia-Vazquez E. 2015. Metabarcoding approach for the ballast water surveillance - an advantageous solution or an awkward challenge? Marine Pollution Bulletin 92: 25-34.
Zaiko A., Daunys D. 2015. Invasive ecosystem engineers and biotic indices: giving a wrong impression of water quality improvement? Ecological Indicators 52: 292-299.
Paldaviciene A., Zaiko A., Mazur-Marzec H., Razinkovas-Baziukas A. 2015. Bioaccumulation of microcystins in invasive bivalves: a case study from the boreal lagoon ecosystem. Oceanologia 57(1): 93-101
Scriver, M., Marinich, A., Wilson, C. C., & Freeland, J. (2015). Development of species-specific environmental DNA (eDNA) markers for invasive aquatic plants. Aquatic Botany, 122, 27–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2015.01.003
Temming A., Niemax J., Zaiko A., Siaulys A., Törnroos A., et al. 2015. Review of environmental factors influencing distributions of selected Baltic species. BIO-C3 Deliverable, D1.1. EU Bonusproject BIO-C3, (Public Report), 75 pp. DOI 10.3289/BIO-C3_D1.1
Krause-Jensen, Bruhn A., Carstensen J., Queiros A.M., Bruun J., […..], Zaiko A., et al. 2015. Report on the criteria for good indicators selection. DEVOTES Deliverable 3.2 (Public Report), pp.277
Olenin S., Narščius A., Minchin D., David M., Galil B., Gollasch S., Marchini A., Occhipinti-Ambrogi A., Ojaveer H., Zaiko A. 2014. Making non-indigenous species information systems practical for management and useful for research: an aquatic perspective. Biological Conservation, 173: 98-107
Zaiko A., Minchin D., Olenin S. 2014. "The day after tomorrow": anatomy of an ‘r’ strategist aquatic invasion. Aquatic Invasions, 9(2): 145-155
Smith C., Papadopoulou N., Sevastou K., Franko A., Teixeira H., […..], Zaiko A., Moncheva S., Stefanova K., Churilova T., Kryvenko O. 2014. Report on identification of keystone species and processes across regional seas. DEVOTES Deliverable 6.1 (Public Report), pp.110
Teixeira H, Torsten B, Fürhaupter K, Uusitalo L, Papadopoulou N, Bizsel KC, Cochrane S, Churilova T, Heiskanen A-S, Uyarra MC, [......], Rodriguez JG, Rodriguez-Ezpeleta N, Smith C, Stefanova K, Tempera F, Vassilopoulou V, Veríssimo H, Yilmaz EC, Zaiko A, Zenetos A. 2014. Existing biodiversity, non-indigenous species, food-web and seafloor integrity GEnS indicators. DEVOTES Deliverable 3.1 (Public Report), pp.198
Rossberg A.G., Uusitalo L., Berg T., Zaiko A., Borja A., Uyara M.C., Lynam C. 2014. Proposal of indicator tools for GES descriptors on biodiversity food, food-webs and bottom integrity. DEVOTES Milestone 13 (Report to European Comission), pp. 30.
Patrício J., Little S., Mazik K., Thomson S., Zampoukas N., Teixeira H., Solaun O., Uyarria M., Papadopoulou N., Kaboglu G., [......], Zaiko A., Danovaro A., Carugati L., Elliott M. 2014. SWOT Analysis of Monitoring Networks in Europe. DEVOTES Deliverable 1.4 (Public Report), pp.100
Minchin D., Zaiko A. 2013. Variability of the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) impacts in the Shannon River system. In: Nalepa T., Schlosser D. (Eds.), Quagga and zebra mussels: Biology, Impacts and Control. Second Edition, 587-597.
Fenske C., Zaiko A., Wozniczka A., Dahlke S., Orlova M.I. 2013 Variation in length–frequency distributions of zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) within and between three Baltic Sea subregions Szczecin Lagoon, Curonian Lagoon, and Gulf of Finland. Chapter 49 In: Nalepa, T., Schlosser, D. (Eds.), Quagga and zebra mussels: Biology, Impacts and Control. Second Edition, 725-739
Rolke M., Michalek M., Werner M., Lehtiniemi M., Strake S., Antsulevich A., Zaiko A. 2013. Trends in arrival of new non-indigenous species. In: HELCOM Core Indicator of Biodiversity. HELCOM, pp. 14
Zaiko A., Daunys D. 2012. Density effects on the clearance rate of the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha - flume study results. Hydrobiologia 680:79-89, DOI 10.1007/s10750-011-0904-0
Narščius A., S. Olenin, A. Zaiko, D. Minchin 2012. Biological invasion impact assessment system: From idea to implementation. Ecological Informatics 7, 46–51
Chuševe R., Mastitsky S., Zaiko A. 2012. First report of endosymbionts in Dreissena polymorpha from the brackish Curonian Lagoon, SE Baltic Sea. Oceanologia 54(4): 701-713
Lindahl O., Zaiko A., Cahill B. 2012. Mussel cultivation. In: Schultz-Zehden A., Matczak M. (Eds.) SubMariner Compendium: An assessment of innovative and sustainable uses of Baltic marine Resources, pp. 77-102
Zaiko A., Lehtiniemi M, Narščius A., Olenin S 2011. Assessment of bioinvasion impacts on a regional scale: a comparative approach. Biological Invasions 13: 1739-1765 DOI 10.1007/s10530-010-9928-z
Zaiko A, Paškauskas R, Krevš A 2010. Biogeochemical alteration of benthic environment by zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas). Oceanologia 52(4): 649-667
Ojaveer H., Jaanus A., MacKenzie B.R., Martin G., Olenin S., Telesh I., Zettler M., Zaiko A. 2010. Status of Biodiversity in the Baltic Sea. PLoS ONE Collection: Marine Biodiversity and Biogeography Regional Comparisons of Global Issues, 5(9): e12467. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012467 eISSN-1932-6203
Zaiko A., Olenin S., Daunys D. 2009. Habitat engineering by the invasive zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas) in a boreal coastal lagoon: impact on biodiversity. Helgoland Marine Research, 63(1): 85-94
Zaiko A., Olenin S. 2009. Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas), zebra mussel (Dreissenidae, Mollusca). In: DAISIE. Handbook of Alien Species in Europe. Invading Nature - Springer Series In Invasion Ecology, V. 3, Springer, p. 310
Olenin S., Minchin D., Daunys D. and Zaiko A. 2009. Biological pollution of aquatic ecosystems in Europe. In: Atlas of biodiversity risk. Chapter 6, pp. 132-133
Olenin S., Minchin D., Daunys D. and Zaiko A. 2009. Pathways of aquatic invasions in Europe. In: Atlas of biodiversity risk. Chapter 6, pp. 134-135
Zaiko A., Olenin S., Daunys D., Nalepa T. 2007. Vulnerability of benthic habitats to the aquatic invasive species. Biological Invasions 9: 703-714
Daunys D., Zemlys P., Olenin S., Zaiko A., Ferrarin C. 2006. Impact of the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha invasion on the budget of suspended material in a shallow lagoon ecosystem. Helgoland Marine Research, 60(2): 113-120
Zaiko A., Olenin S. 2004. Impact of invasive benthic crustaceans on the resuspension of bottom sediments: an experimental study approach. Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies, 33(3): 99-110