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New records of the invasive mollusk Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774) (Gastropoda, Thiaridae) in the Brazilian Northeast [PDF]

Check List, 2019
Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774) was recorded during field surveys of the malacofauna of Território Vale do Guaribas in Piauí state, northeastern Brazil.
Edson Lourenço da Silva, Manuella Feitosa Leal, Orianna dos Santos, Adriana Josefa da Rocha, Ana Carolina Landim Pacheco, Tamaris Gimenez Pinheiro   +5 more
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Evaluation of some physicochemical parameters and benthic macroinvertebrates of Ikere Gorge Reservoir in Oyo State, Nigeria

Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2017
The physico-chemical parameters and benthic macroinvertebrates of Ikere Gorge Reservoir were studied to assess the impact of anthropogenic activities on this man-made lake by collecting surface water and benthic samples. Physico-chemical parameters were
Abed-Nego Osayande Aiwerioghene, Abeke Ayoade Adedolapo   +1 more
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Freshwater Malacological Fauna of the Ruzizi Plain, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Biodiversity and Outbreaks of Schistosomiasis [PDF]

Journal of Advances in Environmental Health Research, 2023
Background: In the Ruzizi plain, intestinal schistosomiasis, caused by Schistosoma mansoni and transmitted by Biomphalaria pfeifferi, remains a significant public health challenge.
Ekyamba Shabani
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Associations between trematode infections in cattle and freshwater snails in highland and lowland areas of Iringa Rural District, Tanzania [PDF]

, 2015
SUMMARYThe epidemiology of trematode infections in cattle was investigated within highland and lowland areas of Iringa Rural District, in southern Tanzania. Fecal samples were collected from 450 cattle in 15 villages at altitudes ranging from 696 to 1800
Coles, Gerald C, Eisler, Mark C, Kassuku, Ayub A, Nzalawahe, Jahashi, Stothard, J Russell   +4 more
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Ocorrência de um molusco invasor (Melanoides tuberculata, Müller, 1774), em diferentes sistemas aquáticos da bacia hidrográfica do Rio Sorocaba, SP, Brasil

Revista Ambiente & Água, 2017
No Brasil e no estado de São Paulo existem poucos levantamentos sobre a presença do gastrópode Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774). Os moluscos invasores representam uma importante ameaça às espécies nativas, em consequência da sua agressividade na ...
Cecília Maria de Paula, Adriane Almeida Vaz, Ariane Almeida Vaz, Gisele Pires Pelizari, Heidi Marcela Suarez Robayo, Thaís Deluno Garcia, Daniely Avelino, Giuliano Grici Zacarin, Welber Senteio Smith   +8 more
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MELANOIDES TUBERCULATA (MÜLLER, 1774) (MOLLUSCA: PROSOBRANCHIA: THIARIDAE): OCCURRENCE AND EXTENSION OF THE GASTROPOD TO KARACHI MANGROVES.

FUUAST Journal of Biology, 2021
Melanoides tuberculata is a cosmopolitan freshwater gastropod snail belonging to the family Thiaridae. There has been no record of occurrence of this gastropod in Pakistani estuarine habitats. In the present study, M.
SAFIA KHANAM, FAIZA IQBAL, QUDDUSI B. KAZMI, MUHAMMAD UZAIR KHAN   +3 more
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The invasive snail Melanoides tuberculata in Argentina and Paraguay

Limnologica, 2011
AbstractThis article reviews the spread and current distribution of the invasive snail Melanoides tuberculata in Argentina and Paraguay based on data from specimens deposited in museums, published reports and field collections. Field collections were made between April 1999 and May 2010.
Peso, Juana Guadalupe, Pérez, Diego C., Vogler, Roberto Eugenio   +2 more
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eDNA for detection of five highly invasive molluscs. A case study in urban rivers from the Iberian Peninsula.

PLoS ONE, 2017
Biological invasions are an important threat to biodiversity especially in aquatic ecosystems, and their frequency is generally higher near urban areas.
Laura Clusa, Laura Miralles, Ana Basanta, Carmelo Escot, Eva García-Vázquez   +4 more
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Influence of intracellular toxin concentrations on cylindrospermopsin bioaccumulation in a freshwater gastropod (Melanoides tuberculata) [PDF]

Toxicon, 2006
Scant information is available regarding the bioaccumulation of cylindrospermopsin (CYN) in aquatic organisms, particularly in invertebrates. This study examined toxin bioconcentration and bioaccumulation in the aquatic snail, Melanoides tuberculata, following exposure to freeze-thawed whole cell extracts and a live Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii ...
White, Susan H., Duivenvoorden, L. J., Fabbro, L. D., Eaglesham, G. K.   +3 more
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INVASION OF THE THIARID SNAIL Melanoides tuberculata (MOLLUSCA) IN A CONSERVATION AREA OF THE SEMIARID REGION OF BRAZIL

Environmental Smoke, 2023
This paper records the invasive gastropod Melanoides tuberculata in a limnetic ecosystem located in integral protection area in the semiarid region of the state of Paraíba in northeast Brazil.
Evandro Cosmo Tomaz Abreu, Silvio Felipe Barbosa Lima, Jéssica Prata, Igor Christo Miyahira, Marcelo Fulgêncio Guedes Brito, J. Weverton S. Souza, João Hermínio da Silva   +6 more
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