Biological invaders in inland waters : profiles, distribution and threats

By Francesca Gherardi. 2007

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Biological invasions in inland waters: an overview.- Distribution of invaders.- Invasive crustaceans in European inland waters.- Non-indigenous freshwater crabs in France: a new occurrence of a potamid near Nice.- Status and ecosystem interactions of the invasive Louisianan red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii in East Africa.- Non-indigenous freshwater molluscs and their distribution in Italy.- Non-indigenous animal species naturalized in Iberian inland waters.- An overview of the natural history of non-indigenous amphibians and reptiles.- The red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) in Asia: a review.- Semiaquatic mammals introduced into Italy: case studies in biological invasion.- Invasions by plants in the inland waters and wetlands of Africa.- Non-indigenous aquatic and semiaquatic plant species in France.- Profiles of invaders.- Ecological traits of aquatic NIS invading Austrian fresh waters.- Growth and reproduction of the goldfish Carassius auratus: a case study from Italy.- Epigenetic context in the life history traits of the round goby, Neogobius melanostomus.- Growth and life history traits of introduced pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) in Europe, and the relevance to its potential invasiveness.- The biological flexibility of the pumpkinseed: a successful colonizer throughout Europe.- Patterns and pathways of invasions.- Marine vs. freshwater invaders: is shipping the key vector for species introductions to Europe?.- Modeling biological invasions of inland waters.- Biomonotony: definition and assessment for macroinvertebrates in European running waters.- Genetics and invasion biology in fresh waters: a pilot study of Procambarus clarkii in Europe.- Do estuaries act as saline bridges to allow invasion of new freshwater systems by non-indigenous fish species?.- Which factors determine non-indigenous fish dispersal? A study of the red piranha in tropical Brazilian lakes.- The relationship between biodiversity and invasibility in central Swedish lakes invaded by Elodea species.- Impacts of invaders.- Measuring the impact of freshwater NIS: what are we missing?.- Invasion of the Baltic Sea basin by the Ponto-Caspian amphipod Pontogammarus robustoides and its ecological impact.- Changes in the aquatic systems of north-eastern Europe after invasion by Gmelinoides fasciatus.- The predatory impact of Dikerogammarus villosus on fish.- Understanding the impact of invasive crayfish.- Predation of invasive crayfish on aquatic vertebrates: the effect of Procambarus clarkii on fish assemblages in Mediterranean temporary streams.- Assessing the trophic ecology of crayfish: a case study of the invasive Procambarus clarkii.- and spread of crayfish (Parastacidae) in Western Australia and their potential to displace indigenous species.- The zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha: reproduction and competition with the sponge Ephydatia fluvia.- Seasonal effects on the antioxidant response and metal accumulation of Dreissena polymorpha.- Managing invasions.- Towards a European strategy to halt biological invasions in inland waters.- A risk assessment of biological invasions in the inland waterways of Europe: the Northern Invasion Corridor case study.- Logistics of shipboard and dockside testing of ballast water treatment systems in the United States.- Virtues and shortcomings of EU legal provisions for managing NIS: Rana catesbeiana and Trachemys scripta elegans as case studies.- Problems and opportunities managing invasive Bullfrogs: is there any hope?.- Concluding remarks.- A role for scientists.

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Assessment of biocontamination of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in European inland waterways (2008, background): “Human-mediated introductions of invasive alien species in European inland and coastal waters are considered a serious environmental issue that requires development of relevant management approaches (Leppäkoski et al. 2002; Panov et al. 2002; Gherardi 2007).”
The role of behavior in the success of invasive crustaceans (2010, background): “Dikerogammarus villosus has been nicknamed ‘‘killer shrimp’’ because of its behavior toward other invertebrates as well as fishes (Casellato et al. 2007).”
Invasive alien Crustacea: dispersal, establishment, impact and control (2011, background): “…Orconectes limosus (Rafinesque), and the signal crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus (Dana), can reach densities of 70 and 30 m-2 respectively in the invaded European countries, whereas population density of the native noble crayfish Astacus astacus (L.) is 14 m-2 on average (Gherardi 2007).”
Alien Invertebrates and Fish in European Inland Waters (2009, background): “In fact, notwithstanding the increased scientific interest for biological invasions in the last decade and the surge of research focused on the identification of alien species in fresh waters (Gherardi 2007b), there is still a gap in knowledge regarding invertebrate taxa.”
The history of an invasion: phases of the explosive spread of the physid snail Physella acuta through Europe, Transcaucasia and Central Asia (2017, neutral): “The spread of P. acuta through Italy is believed to be the cause of significant decline of the indigenous physid snail, Physa fontinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cianfanelli et al. 2007).”
Crayfish invading Europe: the case study of Procambarus clarkii (2006, background): “Though no quantitative study has been yet made, the appearance of high densities of P. clarkii has been considered responsible for the increase in the number of avian species, like the Ardaeidae Botarus stellaris, Egretta garzetta, and Ardea purpurea, together with cormorants, in some European areas”
The Ponto-Caspian ‘killer shrimp’, Dikerogammarus villosus (Sowinsky, 1894), invades the British Isles (2010, background): “…Water, U.K., alien, first record Due to its highly predatory behaviour towards a wide variety of macroinvertebrate taxa (Dick et al. 2002) and fish (Casellato et al. 2007; Platvoet et al. 2009), the amphipod crustacean Dikerogammarus villosus (Sowinsky, 1894) has been called the ‘killer shrimp’.”
Support for major hypotheses in invasion biology is uneven and declining (2012, background): “…et al. 2000) is very complex and it is governed by an interaction of habitat conditions (e.g., climate), species functional traits (e.g., tolerance to environmental factors) and human factors (e.g., uses of the species) (Kolar and Lodge 2001, Gherardi 2007, Nentwing 2007, Castro-Díez et al. 2011).”
Introduction of non‐native freshwater fish can certainly be bad (2009, background): “The zebra mussel is the intermediate host for a trematode, and its presence in the Great Lakes allowed the parasite to infest native fishes leading to high fish mortality (Gherardi 2007).”
Pathways and gateways of freshwater invasions in Europe (2015, background): “For centuries, freshwaters have been subject to more widespread invasions than terrestrial systems (Sala et al. 2000; McKinney 2001; Gherardi 2007; Karatayev et al. 2007) This vulnerability is the of intensive human use, natural linkages among streams and lakes (Beisel 2001; Ricciardi 2001).”