Zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) in Ireland, AFLP-fingerprinting and boat traffic both indicate an origin from Britain

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1127-1139

  Pollux, Bart ^a,c   Minchin, Dan ^b   Van Der Velde, Gerard ^a   Van Alen, Theo ^a   Moon Van Der Staay, Seung Yeo ^a   Hackstein, Johannes ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Killaloe Co Clare   (Ireland)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AFLP; Dreissena polymorpha; Invasions; Ireland; Trade

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; HULL; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MOLLUSC; PHYLOGENETICS; TRADE;

IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIVALVIA; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; DREISSENIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0037671361     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.01063.x     Document Type: Article

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