Can we predict the effects of alien species? A case-history of the invasion of South Africa by Mytilus galloprovincialis (Lamarck)

By G. Branch, C. Steffani. 2004

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Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography

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In Global and Planetary Change

1. M. Rius
2. C. McQuaid
3. Charles L. Griffiths
4. H. MacIsaac
5. G. Zardi
6. James T. Carlton
7. K. Nicastro
8. A. Mead

In Oceanography

1. M. Rius
2. G. Zardi
3. C. McQuaid
4. K. Nicastro
5. Charles L. Griffiths
6. H. MacIsaac
7. F. Porri
8. K. Jun Bando

Citations in the corpus

• Introduced and cryptogenic marine and estuarine species of South Africa (2011, background): “It is now globally distributed as a result of ship fouling and ballast water (Branch and Steffani 2004 ).”
• Advancing impact prediction and hypothesis testing in invasion ecology using a comparative functional response approach (2014, background): “There has been even less progress in the prediction of the ecological impacts of invaders (Branch and Steffani 2004; Ricciardi et al. 2013; but see Nentwig et al. 2009; Kumschick et al. 2013), with invasion history emerging as a useful but restricted indicator of likely future impact (Kulhanek et…”
• Non-indigenous invasive bivalves as ecosystem engineers (2009, background): “They can occur at remarkably high densities and comprise a major proportion of the benthic faunal biomass (e.g., Corbicula fluminea, Sousa et al. 2008b; Crassostrea gigas, Ruesink et al. 2005; Dreissena polymorpha, Strayer et al. 1999; Limnoperna fortunei, Boltovskoy et al. 2006; Musculista senhousi”
• Impacts of Dreissena invasions on benthic macroinvertebrate communities: a meta‐analysis (2007, background): “Differences in the size-atmaturity of gastropods may also modify the outcome of their interactions with Dreissena, as observed for marine mussels (Branch & Steffani, 2004).”
• Wave action and competitive interaction between the invasive mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis and the indigenous Perna perna in South Africa (2006, background): “Juvenile mussels are fast growing, intensifying intraspecific competition for space and resulting in massive losses due to self-thinning ( Branch and Steffani 2004 ).”
• Phylogeography of the widespread marine invader Microcosmus squamiger (Ascidiacea) reveals high genetic diversity of introduced populations and non‐independent colonizations (2008, background): “E-mail: marcriusvil@ub.edu Phylogeography of the marine invader M. squamiger a new environment it can potentially spread out to neighbouring regions by larval dispersal or asexual processes (Branch & Steffani, 2004).”
• Changes in South African rocky intertidal invertebrate community structure associated with the invasion of the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis (2007, background): “Due to extremely high recruitment rates (up to 20 000 recruits m–2; Harris et al. 1998), M. galloprovincialis presently dominates primary rock surfaces at the expense of various competitively inferior limpet species (Branch & Steffani 2004).”
• Marine alien species of South Africa — status and impacts (2005, background): “The most important predator of M. galloprovincialis along the West Coast is the whelk Nucella cingulata (Branch and Steffani 2004).”
• Influence of stocking density on growth of mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) in suspended culture (2012, background): “…either directly, through a reduction of competitive 312 pressure (Griffiths and Hockey, 1987) or indirectly, through an increase of growth rate to a 313 larger size (Xavier et al., 2007), reducing the risk of predation (Branch & Steffani 2004; 314 Griffiths and Hockey, 1987; Paine, 1974).”
• Health risks of heavy metals in the mediterranean mussels as seafood (2012, background): “galloprovincialis has colonized the sea waters of China, Korea, southeast Australia, Hawaii, Mexico, California, the west and east coast of Canada and arrived in South Africa (Branch and Steffani 2004).”
• Mytilid mussels: global habitat engineers in coastal sediments (2009, neutral): “Branch and SteVani 2004; Crooks 1998; Crooks and Khim 1999; Rilov et al. 2004; Robinson et al. 2007).”
• Raising the flag on marine alien fouling species (2017, background): “This mussel was not imported for culture but arrived via shipping (Branch and Steffani 2004) and later became the focus of South African mussel culture.”
• Hydrodynamic stress and habitat partitioning between indigenous (Perna perna) and invasive (Mytilus galloprovincialis) mussels: constraints of an evolutionary strategy (2006, background): “Wilkins et al. 1983; Lee and Morton 1985; McDonald et al. 1991; Apte et al. 2000; Steffani and Branch 2003a, b; Branch and Steffani 2004 ) and now has an antitropical distribution, occurring in the temperate zones of the northern and southern hemispheres while absent”
• BIVALVE AQUACULTURE AND EXOTIC SPECIES: A REVIEW OF ECOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT ISSUES (2007, background): “Marine invasive aliens on South African shores: Implications for community structure and trophic functioning.”
• Revealing the scale of marine bioinvasions in developing regions: a South African re-assessment (2011, background): “…Carcinus maenas (Hampton and Griffiths 2007; Le Roux et al. 1990) and the Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis (Bownes and McQuaid 2009; Branch and Steffani 2004; Branch et al. 2010; Rius and McQuaid 2009), far less work has been invested in resolving the potential scale of invasions…”
• Unexpected genetic structure of mussel populations in South Africa: indigenous Perna perna and invasive Mytilus galloprovincialis (2007, background): “1; Griffiths et al. 1992, Hockey & van Erkom Schurink 1992, Branch & Steffani 2004).”