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Rowing Against the Tide: The Golden Mussel (Limnoperna fortunei) Leaves DNA Footprints Along Its Invasion Route in South American Rivers

Fishes
The invasion of the golden mussel has resulted in considerable environmental and socioeconomic alterations, which present a considerable threat to the native biodiversity and sustainability of the region.
Augusto Luiz Ferreira, Renato Luiz Bot Neto, Vanessa Marín-Ruiz, Leonardo Rosa, Mara Cristina Almeida, Patrícia Dammski Borges de Andrade, Susete Wambier Christo, Roberto Ferreira Artoni   +7 more
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Survey evaluations to assess marine bioinvasions [PDF]

, 2007
Survey evaluations to assess marine ...
B Gould (9896447), Marnie Campbell (13083342), CL Hewitt (15288604)   +2 more
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A Systematic Analysis of the Mediterranean Sea (IHO Sea Area) in the WRiMS Database

Diversity
The invasion of non-native species (NNS) is one of the greatest threats to biodiversity loss and represents a major problem in the Mediterranean Sea. Although many recent EU policies and directives address this problem and numerous scientific papers have
Merica Slišković, Anita Gudelj, Marina Piria   +2 more
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Ballast water and bio-invasion: introduction of alien species associated with globalization

Vértices, 2010
Nowadays, there are hundreds of exotic plant species around the world due to the intense and artificial introduction caused by human intervention. Lately, this process has been intensified by globalization. Consequently, the competition generated between
Julio Gustavo Augusto da Silva Santos, Maurício Nunes Lamonica   +1 more
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Biological invasion by Cenchrus ciliaris L.: is there an impact on Caatinga composition and diversity of herbaceous stratum?

Revista de Biologia Neotropical, 2018
Cenchrus ciliaris is native to South Asia and West Africa, considered one of the main invasive exotic species of Caatinga. This study aims to evaluate the effects caused by C.
Jasciane da Silva Alves, Juliano Ricardo Fabricante, Lailana Brito de Oliveira Reis, Glícia Silva de Moraes, Ellen Karoline Carvalho Silva   +4 more
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Plant bioinvasions in the northeastern slope of Mount Makiling, Luzon, Philippines (1998-2009) [PDF]

, 2011
After twelve years (1998-2009) of research on bioinvasion in lowland Mount MakilingForest with student advisees and three University of the Philippines Rural High Schoolscience students, the author who is the adviser of these young scientists draws ...
Baguinon, Nestor T.
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Effect of temperature on behavior, glycogen content, and mortality in Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857) (Bivalvia: Mytilidae)

Journal of Limnology, 2017
Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker 1857) is a freshwater mussel with physiological tolerance to different environmental conditions, which may explain its success as an invasive species. The role of abiotic factors in its establishment, abundance and projections
Jennifer T.M. Andrade, Nelmara I.S. Cordeiro, Lângia C. Montresor, Dalva M.R. Luz, Renata C.R. Luz, Carlos B. Martinez, Jairo Pinheiro, Adriano P. Paglia, Teofânia H.D.A. Vidigal   +8 more
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Invasion of Snowflake Coral, Carijoa riisei (Duchassaing and Michelotti, 1860), in Indian Seas: Threats to Coral Reef Ecosystem [PDF]

, 2016
1403-1408Present paper summarizes the occurrence of C. riisei in coral reefs of Indian seas, its likely impacts on the indigenous biota and policies for bioinvasion in the Indian context.
Venkataraman, K., Raghunathan, C., Satyanarayana, Ch., Rajkumar, R.   +3 more
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First record of Ceratium furcoides (Dinophyta), an invasive species, in a temporary high-altitude lake in the Iron Quadrangle (MG, Southeast Brazil)

Brazilian Journal of Biology
Dinoflagellates of the genus Ceratium are generally marine organisms, but rare occurrences in freshwater have been observed in Brazil. In this paper we are recording for the first time the presence of Ceratium furcoides, an invasive species, in a shallow,
RA. Moreira, O. Rocha, RM. Santos, R. Laudares-Silva, ES. Dias, EM. Eskinazi-Sant’Anna   +5 more
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Climate and Bioinvasives drivers of change on South African Rocky shores? [PDF]

, 2011
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references.The overall aims of the thesis were to assess spatio-temporal change in macro species assemblages at sites located around the South African coast.
Mead, Angela
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