Zebra versus quagga mussels: a review of their spread, population dynamics, and ecosystem impacts

AY Karatayev, LE Burlakova, DK Padilla - Hydrobiologia, 2015 - Springer
Dreissena polymorpha (zebra mussel) and D. rostriformis bugensis (quagga mussel)
continue to spread in Europe and in North America, and have large ecological and …

What explains the invading success of the aquatic mud snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Hydrobiidae, Mollusca)?

A Alonso, P Castro-Díez - Hydrobiologia, 2008 - Springer
The spread of non-native species is one of the most harmful and least reversible
disturbances in ecosystems. Species have to overcome several filters to become a pest …

What a difference a species makes: a meta–analysis of dreissenid mussel impacts on freshwater ecosystems

SN Higgins, MJV Zanden - Ecological monographs, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
We performed a meta‐analysis of published studies and long‐term monitoring data sets to
evaluate the effects of dreissenid mussels (Dreissena polymorpha and D. rostriformis …

Eco-evolutionary feedbacks in community and ecosystem ecology: interactions between the ecological theatre and the evolutionary play

DM Post, EP Palkovacs - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2009 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Interactions between natural selection and environmental change are well recognized and
sit at the core of ecology and evolutionary biology. Reciprocal interactions between ecology …

Introduction of non‐native freshwater fish: is it all bad?

RE Gozlan - Fish and fisheries, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Risk perceptions are important to the policy process, but there is often a well‐established
pattern of small risks being over assessed. This is also true with the issue of non‐native …

Changes in global economies and trade: the potential spread of exotic freshwater bivalves

AY Karatayev, DK Padilla, D Minchin, D Boltovskoy… - Biological …, 2007 - Springer
The globalization of economies and trade have facilitated the spread of exotic species
including the five most important freshwater suspension feeding invaders Dreissena …

Intraspecific variation in a predator affects community structure and cascading trophic interactions

DM Post, EP Palkovacs, EG Schielke, SI Dodson - Ecology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Intraspecific phenotypic variation in ecologically important traits is widespread and important
for evolutionary processes, but its effects on community and ecosystem processes are poorly …

Invasive potential of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) and Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in American freshwater systems

L Zambrano, E Martínez-Meyer… - Canadian Journal of …, 2006 - cdnsciencepub.com
Les introductions de poissons non indigènes perturbent les processus écosystémiques et
peuvent causer l'extinction locale d'espèces indigènes. Deux des espèces les plus …

Fractionation and bioaccumulation of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) isomers in a Lake Ontario food web

M Houde, G Czub, JM Small, S Backus… - … science & technology, 2008 - ACS Publications
The environmental ubiquity of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) is well-known. However,
little is known about the environmental fate of individual PFOS isomers. In this study, we …

Alteration of ecosystem function by zebra mussels in Oneida Lake: impacts on submerged macrophytes

B Zhu, DG Fitzgerald, CM Mayer, LG Rudstam, EL Mills - Ecosystems, 2006 - Springer
Dreissenid mussels (the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha and the quagga mussel D.
bugensis) are ecosystem engineers that modify the physical environment by increasing light …