Two Non-indigenous Dreissenids (Dreissena polymorpha and D. rostriformis bugensis) in a Southern Baltic Coastal Lagoon: Variability in Populations of the “Old” and a “New” Immigrant

Two Non-indigenous Dreissenids (Dreissena polymorpha and D. rostriformis bugensis) in a Southern Baltic Coastal Lagoon: Variability in Populations of the “Old” and a “New” Immigrant

Dreissena polymorpha and D. rostriformis bugensis are freshwater Ponto-Caspian bivalve species, at present widely distributed in Europe and North America. In the Szczecin Lagoon (a southern Baltic coastal lagoon), the quagga was recorded for the first time in 2014 and found to co-occur with the zebr...

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Main Authors: Brygida Wawrzyniak-Wydrowska, Teresa Radziejewska, Anna Skrzypacz, Adam Woźniczka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
non-indigenous species
zebra mussel
quagga
lagoon
Baltic Sea
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2019.00076/full

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