Irena V. Telesh

ResearcherID: https://publons.com/researcher/N-4342-2016
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ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4167-3821
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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, estuarine and coastal ecosystems, salinity gradient, eutrophication of water basins.
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 002.223.02. at the Zoological Institute RAS;
  • Member of the PhD Attestation Commission for the specialization 03.02.10. - Hydrobiology;
Scientific projects and grants:
  • 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).
  • 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:
  • 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 (Q1).
  • 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 (Q1).
  • Khanaychenko A.N., Telesh I.V., Skarlato S.O., 2019. Performance of the bloom-forming potentially toxic mixotrophic dinoflagellates Prorocentrum cordatum (Ostenfeld) Dodge in marine plankton food webs // Protistology. Vol. 13. № 3. doi:10.21685/1680-0826-2019-13-3-1 (Q4).
  • Naumenko E.N., Telesh I.V. Impact of the Invasive Species Cercopagis pengoi (Ostroumov, 1891) on the Structural and Functional Organization of Zooplankton in the Vistula Lagoon of the Baltic Sea // Russian Journal of Biological Invasions. 2019. Vol. 10. № 3. P. 246-257. DOI:10.1134/S2075111719030081 (Q3).
  • Knyazev N.A., Pechkovskaya S.A., Skarlato S.O., Telesh I.V. and Filatova N.A. Temperature stress impact on DNA and RNA synthesis in potentially toxic dinoflagellates Prorocentrum minimum // Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology. 2018. Vol. 54. № 5. P. 339-345. DOI:10.1134/S002209301805006X (Q4).
  • 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 (Q1).
  • 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. doi:10.21685/1680-0826-2017-11-3-1 (Q4).
  • 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. DOI 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. DOI 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. doi:10.1134/S1063074017010114 (Q4).
  • 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 (Q1).
  • 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://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2016.09.006 (Q1).
  • 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://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2015.05.003 (Q1).
  • 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.
  • Mironova E.I., Telesh I.V., Skarlato S.O. Ciliates in plankton of the Baltic Sea // Protistology. 2014. Vol. 8. № 3. P. 81-124.
  • 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://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2013.10.013 (Q1).
  • Gopko M.V., Telesh I.V. Estuarine trophic state assessment: New plankton index based on morphology of Keratella rotifers // Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 2013. Vol.130. P. 222–230. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2013.03.019 (Q1).
  • Mironova E.I., Telesh I.V., Skarlato S.O. Planktonic ciliates of the Neva Estuary (Baltic Sea): community structure and spatial distribution // Acta Protozoologica. 2013. Vol. 52. № 1. P. 13-23. doi:10.4467/16890027AP.13.002.0830 (Q2).
  • 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. doi:10.1093/plankt/fbr095 (Q1).
  • 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. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.06.033 (Q1).
  • 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). doi:10.3354/meps08928 (Q1).
  • Telesh I.V., Schubert H., Skarlato S.O. Protistan diversity does peak in the horohalinicum of the Baltic Sea: Reply to Ptacnik et al. (2011) // Marine Ecology Progress Series. 2011b. Vol. 432. P. 293-297. doi:10.3354/meps09217 (Q1).
  • Telesh I.V., Khlebovich V.V. Principal processes within the estuarine salinity gradient: A review // Marine Pollution Bulletin. 2010. Vol. 161. P. 149-155. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.02.008 (Q1).
  • 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. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012467 (Q1).
  • Кутикова Л.А., Стойко Т.Г., Мазей Ю.С., Телеш И.В. Коловратки (Тип Rotifera Cuvier, 1798). Определитель зоопланктона и зообентоса пресных вод Европейской России (Под общей ред. В.Р. Алексеева и С.Я. Цалолихина). Том. 1. Зоопланктон. Редактор тома В.Р. Алексеев. Товарищество научных изданий КМК, Москва-Санкт-Петербург. 2010. С. 16–150.
  • 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.
  • Mironova E.I., Telesh I.V., Skarlato S.O. Planktonic ciliates of the Baltic Sea (a Review) // Inland Water Biology. 2009. Vol. 2. № 1. P. 13-24. DOI:10.1134/S1995082909010039.
  • 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.
  • Skarlato O.S., Telesh I.V. Environmental security and policymaking: concepts and practices in North America and Europe (a review) // Rostocker Meeresbiologische Beitraege. 2008. Vol. 19. P. 169-185.
  • Litvinchuk L.F., Telesh I.V. Distribution, population structure, and ecosystem effects of the invader Cercopagis pengoi (Polyphemoidea, Cladocera) in the Gulf of Finland and the open Baltic Sea // Oceanologia. 2006. Vol. 48 (S). P. 243-257. (Q2).
  • 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. DOI:10.1007/s10152-006-0026-7 (Q2).
  • 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. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2004.02.009 (Q1).
  • 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. (Q1).
  • Kondratyev S., Gronskaya T., Ignatieva N., Blinova I., Telesh I., Yefremova L. Assessment of present state of water resources of Lake Ladoga and its drainage basin using Sustainable Development indicators // Ecological Indicators. 2002. Vol. 2. P. 79-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-160X(02)00049-3 (Q1).
  • Telesh I.V., Ojaveer H. The predatory water flea Cercopagis pengoi in the Baltic Sea: invasion history, distribution and implications to ecosystem dynamics // In: E. Leppäkoski, S. Gollasch, S. Olenin (Eds), Invasive Aquatic Species of Europe. Distribution, Impacts and Management. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 2002. P. 62-65.
  • 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 (Q1).
  • 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).
  • Panov V.E., Alimov A.F., Golubkov S.M., Orlova M.I., Telesh I.V. Environmental problems and challenges for coastal zone management in the Neva Estuary (eastern Gulf of Finland) // In: G. Schernewski, U. Schiewer (Eds), Baltic Coastal Ecosystems: Structure, Function and Coastal Zone Management. Springer-Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg. 2002. P. 171-184.
  • Telesh I.V. Zooplankton studies in the Neva Estuary (Baltic Sea): a brief excursion into history // Proceedings Estonian Academy of Sciences: Biology, Ecology. 2001. Vol. 50. № 3. P. 200-210.
  • 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 (Q3).