| Title |
Natural dispersal of the introduced Asian clam Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) (Cyrenidae) within two temperate lakes / |
| Authors |
Minchin, Dan ; Boelens, Rick |
| DOI |
10.3391/bir.2018.7.3.06 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
BioInvasions records.. Helsinki : Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre. 2018, vol. 7, iss. 3, p. 259-268.. eISSN 2242-1300 |
| Keywords [eng] |
spread ; current ; dragline ; byssus ; wind ; invasion front ; Ireland |
| Abstract [eng] |
The Asian clam Corbicula fluminea has spread rapidly through western Europe and was first recorded in Ireland in 2010. Since then it has been found within four different river catchments including four localities along Ireland’s largest river, the Shannon. While three of these Shannon occurrences may have been due to introductions with angling equipment or leisure craft, subsequent expansions will have resulted from natural spread. The dispersal of this clam within two temperate lakes of > 100 km2 was examined over a six year period to the autumn of 2016. Downriver and down lake water flow and currents generated by wind result in young clams being distributed by means of a byssal dragline that would appear to explain the distributions obtained. |
| Published |
Helsinki : Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2018 |
| CC license |
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