A South American bioinvasion case history: Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857), the golden mussel

Two factors combine in this age of globalization to favor the establishment of alien species in natural environments: human activities and global climate change. This paper reviews the recent invasion of the golden mussel, Limnoperna fortunei, in South America, including its impacts in natural and h...

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Autores: Darrigran, Gustavo Alberto, Damborenea, Maria Cristina
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2005
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/148917
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/148917
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Golden mussel
Invasive specie
South America
Macrofouling
Mytilidae
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
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Sumario:Two factors combine in this age of globalization to favor the establishment of alien species in natural environments: human activities and global climate change. This paper reviews the recent invasion of the golden mussel, Limnoperna fortunei, in South America, including its impacts in natural and human environments. This case study allows the identification of the likely impacts that morphologically and functionally similar invasive species will have in similar environments, such as in North America, which is considered to be at high risk of invasion by L. fortunei.