The international pet trade is a major driver of non-native species spread, including both sold in the trade, and organisms incidentally transported alongside. Here, we document discovery invasive zebra mussels, Dreissena polymorpha , Germany, alongside commonly traded garden pond snail European native, Viviparus viviparus ordered from German website. We highlight that poses yet another way whi...

In this study, for the first time, using similar methods, we compared the population density and distribution across different substrate types of Limnoperna fortunei andDreissena polymorpha, as well as their impacts on the composition of benthic communities. Data on L. fortunei were obtained in Rio Tercero Reservoir, Argentina, whereas studies on D. polymorpha were conducted in North America an...

Cause-and-effect interpretations of the apparent impacts of biological invasions are confounded by the coincident occurrence of non-native species and changes to abiotic factors. Native community structure and function can vary greatly in space and time, owing to abiotic variables that could potentially be affected by non-native species. Here, we sought to determine the relative importance of a...

Clean, freshwater is a necessity to sustain human life. Maintenance of freshwater biodiversity is critical to sustain vital ecological functions, such as biofiltration, that promote clean water. In addition to clean water, functionally intact and biologically complex freshwater ecosystems also provide many other economically valuable services and long-term benefits to human societies such as fo...

Abstract Global decline of freshwater mussels (Unionoida) is threatening biodiversity and the essential ecosystem services that provide. As filter-feeding organisms, remove phytoplankton suspended particles from water. By filtering bacteria, also decrease pathogen loads in The objective this study was to evaluate whether common bivalve Anodonta anatina (duck mussel) could bacterial fish Flavoba...

Abstract The Pacific blue mussel ( Mytilus trossulus ) is a foundation species in high-latitude intertidal and estuarine systems that creates complex habitats, provides sediment stability, food for top predators, links the water column benthos. M. also makes an ideal model to assess biological responses environmental variability; specifically, its size frequency distributions can be influenced ...