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Establishment risk of invasive golden mussel in a water diversion project: An assessment framework
Environmental Science and EcotechnologyInter-basin water diversion projects have led to accelerated colonization of aquatic organisms, including the freshwater golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei), exacerbating global biofouling concerns.
Xingyu Chen, Mengzhen Xu
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Energies, 2023 Pumping systems, especially those used in the water supply sector and in industrial and hydroelectric facilities, are commonly infested by the golden mussel. This causes an increase in maintenance operations (e.g., system shutdowns for cleaning) that can
Andrade J T M +2 more
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Possibility of using Golden Mussel contaminated with toxic metals in diets for broilers [PDF]
Revista Colombiana de Ciencia Animal Recia, 2017 Brazilian poultry farming occupies a prominent position in the world scenario and there is a need for this production to occur in a sustainable way, so the nutrition of these animals must be carried out in a way that causes the least possible ...
Lucas Wachholz +3 more
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An app for monitoring the population of Golden Mussels
Semina: Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, 2022 This work shows the construction of a simple, functional and real-time application to estimate the population dynamics of the Golden Mussel, an invasive species that has been causing great ecological and economic damage, particularly to the electricity ...
Ricardo Vinicius Gonçalves Rosas +6 more
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Can golden mussel shell be an alternative to limestone in soil correction?
Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical, 2023 Golden mussel is an invasive species in South America that causes environmental and economic damage due to the formation of large colonies without natural predators.
Thaís Soto Boni +3 more
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Ecological Indicators, 2022 Mussel colonization can affect the water quality through restructuring nearby bacterial communities. In this study, we conducted an experiment to detect the bacterial alteration associated with live and dead golden mussel colonies, and used a high ...
Mengzhen Xu, Danny Reible
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Ultrastructure of the gill ciliary epithelium of Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker 1857), the invasive golden mussel [PDF]
BMC Zoology, 2022 Background Limnoperna fortunei is a freshwater bivalve mollusc originally from southern Asia that invaded South America in the 1990’s. Due to its highly efficient water pumping and filtering, and its capacity to form strong adhesions to a variety of ...
Erico Tadeu Fraga Freitas +7 more
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Ecological IndicatorsFiltration rate is a crucial characteristic for bivalves that engage in filter feeding, and is subject to regulation in response to various environmental factors.
Mengzhen Xu
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Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2023 The golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei) is an aggressive invasive species in South America, where it endangers native species and freshwater ecosystems, in addition to causing extensive economic losses, mainly to the hydroelectric sector.
ARYANE C. REIS +4 more
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Review on methods of golden mussel control in pires
Revista Produção Online, 2008 At the beginning of the 90’s, they were detected in Rio da Prata in Argentina the first samples of the exotic specie named limnoperna fortunei, from Asia, maybe introduced through ballast water of ships came from Asia.
Edemir Luiz Kowalski +1 more
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