Dr. Sergey Mastitsky

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus: Travel Grant for Participation in the 15th International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species (Nijmegen, The Netherlands), 800$, 2007 to 2007.
Belarusian Republican Fundation for Fundamental Research: Eco-parasitological Consequences of Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas) Invasion into Lake Naroch, 5,000$, 2005 to 2007.
Belarussian State University: Structural Peculiarities of the Endosymbionts' Communities Hosted by the Zebra Mussel in Waterbodies of Different Trophy, 1200$, 2003 to 2003.
Belarussian State University: Seasonal Dynamics of the Echinostomatid Infection in the Bivalve Mollusc Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas), 500$, 2002 to 2002.

• Semenchenko V. P., Rizevsky V. K., Mastitsky S. E., Vezhnovets V. V., Pluta M. V., Razlutsky V. I., Laenko T. (2009) Checklist of aquatic alien species established in large river basins of Belarus, Aquatic Invasions, 4 (2), 337-347
• Mastitsky S. E., Karatayev A. Y., Burlakova L. E., Molloy D. P. (2009) The underestimated threat posed by parasites of exotic species - a quantitative analysis, Ecology, Submitted
• Mastitsky S. E. (2009) On the role of alien mollusc Dreissena polymorpha (Bivalvia, Dreissenidae) in the spread of trematode infections among fishes in Belarus, Voprosy Rybnogo Khozyaystva Belarusi, In Press
• Makarevich TA, Mastitsky SE, Savich IV (2008) Phytoperiphyton on the shells of Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas) in Lake Naroch, Aquatic Invasions, 3 (3), 283-295
• Karatayev AY, Burlakova LE, Padilla DK, Mastitsky SE, Olenin S (2009) Invaders are not a random selection of species, Biological Invasions, In Press
• Makarevich TA, Mastitsky SE (2008) Abundance of the periphyton growing on shells of the mollusc Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas) in mesotrophic Lake Naroch, Vovrosy Rybnogo Khozhyaystva Belarusi, 24, 303-305
• Mastitsky SE, Veres YK (2008) Ecological risks associated with the spread of alien species of fishes across the waterbodies of Belarus, Vovrosy Rybnogo Khozhyaystva Belarusi, 24, 308-310
• Mastitsky SE, Lucy F, Gagarin VG (2008) First report of endosymbionts in Dreissena polymorpha from Sweden, Aquatic Invasions, 3 (1), 83-86
• Karatayev AY, Mastitsky SE, Burlakova LE, Olenin SE (2008) Past, current and future of the central European corridor for aquatic invasions in Belarus, Biological Invasions, 10, 215-232
• Karatayev AY, Burlakove LE, Molloy DP, Mastitsky SE (2007) Dreissena polymorpha and Conchophthirus acuminatus: what can we learn from host-commensal relationships?, Journal of Shellfish Research, 24 (6), 1153-1160
• Mastitsky SE (2007) First report of parasites in Lithoglyphus naticoides (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae) from Lake Lukomskoe (Belarus), Aquatic Invasions, 2 (2), 149-151
• Mastitsky SE, Makarevich OA (2007) Distribution and abundance of Ponto-Caspian amphipods in the Belarusian section of the Dnieper River, Aquatic Invasions, 2 (1), 39-44
• Mastitsky SE (2007) Bivalve mollusc Dreissena polymorpha in Belarus: history of invasion, distribution and ecological effects, VITA. Classics and Modern in Biology, Scientific-Popular S Edition, Minsk, National Institute of Education, 10-15 pages, ISBN=9788954653129 (bookchapter)
• Mastitsky SE, Samoilenko VM (2006) The gravel snail, Lithoglyphus naticoides (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae), a new Ponto-Caspian species in Lake Lukomskoe (Belarus), Aquatic Invasions, 1 (3), 150-159
• Mastitsky SE, Vezhnovets GG (2006) Taxonomic composition and qualitative development of endosymbionts of the mollusc Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas) (Bivalvia: Dreissenidae) in the Berezina River, Vestnik Belorusskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta, 1, 31-35
• Mastitsky SE, Makarevich OA (2006) Distribution and abundance of Bithynia tentaculata (Gastropoda: Bithyniidae) in Lake Naroch (Republic of Belarus), Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment, 10 (2), 76-80
• Mastitsky SE (2005) Role of the mollusc Dreissena polymorpha Pallas (Bivalvia: Dreissenidae) in distribution of trematode infections among vertebrate animals, Vestnik Tyumenskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta, 5, 130-134
• Mastitsky SE (2005) Larvae of chironomids (Insecta, Diptera) encountered in the mantle cavity of zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha (Bivalvia, Dreissenidae), International Review of Hydrobiology, 90 (1), 42-50
• Mastitsky SE, Gagarin VG (2004) Nematodes, which infect the mollusc Dreissena polymorpha (Bivalvia: Dreissenidae) in the Narochanskie Lakes, Vestnik Belorusskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta, 3, 22-25
• Karatayev AY, Mastitsky SE, Burlakova LE, Molloy DP, Vezhnovets GG (2003) Seasonal dynamics of endosymbiotic ciliates and nematodes in Dreissena polymorpha, Journal of invertebrate pathology, 83 (1), 73-82
• Karatayev AY, Mastitsky SE, Molloy DP, Burlakova LE (2003) Patterns of emergence and survival of Conchophthirus acuminatus (Ciliophora: Conchophthiridae) from Dreissena polymorpha (Bivalvia: Dreissenidae), Journal of Shellfish Research, 22 (1), 495-500