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Title: | Detection and possible elimination of the first recorded population of the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) in Portugal from a reservoir |
Authors: | Catita, David Gama, Mafalda Azedo, Rita Banha, Filipe Pinto, João Ilhéu, Ana Anastácio, Pedro Manuel |
Keywords: | biological invasions freshwaters |
Issue Date: | 17-May-2020 |
Publisher: | Management of Biological Invasions |
Citation: | Catita, D., Gama, M., Azedo, R., Banha, F., Pinto, J., Ilhéu, A., & Anastácio, P. M. (2020). Detection and possible elimination of the first recorded population of the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) in Portugal from a reservoir. Management of Biological Invasions, 11(3), 406-414. |
Abstract: | The zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha, has strong economic and environmental
effects within a wide range of habitats, including reservoirs, and there is a need to
monitor in advance of an arrival so that an elimination might be possible. We report
the establishment of the zebra mussel in the Alfundão Reservoir, a small reservoir
in south Portugal, 190 km away from the closest known population in Spain. The
area has been monitored using suspended ropes since 2016, and during October
2019, mussels of 5–43.8 mm shell length were recorded for the first time in the
Alfundão reservoir. The shallow lined reservoir was then chlorinated and drained.
To date, this treatment appears to have been successful in eliminating this
population. It is unknown how this mussel arrived, since the reservoir area has a
surrounding exclusion zone. |
URI: | https://reabic.net/journals/mbi/2020/3/MBI_2020_Catita_etal.pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10174/31968 |
Type: | article |
Appears in Collections: | MARE-UE - Publicações - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais Com Arbitragem Científica
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