Growth and extremely high production of the non-indigenous invasive species Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774): Possible implications for ecosystem functioning

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 289-295

  Sousa, Ronaldo ^a,b   Nogueira, António J A ^c   Gaspar, Miguel B ^d   Antunes, Carlos ^a,e   Guilhermino, Lúcia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^e Aquamuseu Do Rio Minho   (Portugal)

Author keywords

abundance; biomass; Corbicula fluminea; growth; non indigenous invasive species; production

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; BIVALVE; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; INVASIVE SPECIES; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MINHO ESTUARY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BIVALVIA; CORBICULA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA;

EID: 53649088451     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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