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Canal construction destroys the barrier between major European invasion lineages of the zebra mussel.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 7 Jun 2002
Müller Jakob C, Hidde Dennis, Seitz Alfred
Abstract excerpt
Since the mid-1980s the zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha, Pallas 1771, has become the protagonist of a spectacular freshwater invasion in North America due to its large economic and biological impact. Several genetic studies on American populations have failed to detect any large-scale geographical patterns. In western Europe, where D. polymorpha has been a classical invader from the Pontocaspian since the...
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