More than two decades after the introduction of Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker 1857) in La Plata Basin

Abstract The golden mussel, Limnoperna fortunei, is an Asian freshwater bivalve introduced in South America in the beginning of the 1990’s, probably through ballast water releases in La Plata River estuary. It dispersed north through Paraná, Uruguay and Paraguay Rivers. The study evaluated the macro...

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Main Authors: M. A. Pessotto, M. G. Nogueira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia 2018-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842018005002103&lng=en&tlng=en