Article
Changes in Global Economies and Trade: the Potential Spread of Exotic Freshwater Bivalves
2007-03-01
Abstract excerpt
The globalization of economies and trade have facilitated the spread of exotic species including the five most important freshwater suspension feeding invaders Dreissena polymorpha, D. bugensis, Corbicula fluminea, C. fluminalis, and Limnoperna fortunei. We suggest that the spread of these exotic species has not been a continuous process, but rather punctuated by periods of rapid long distance spread (jump), durin...
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- Literature Corpus work
- a395d6ac-0a16-59a5-8ae6-cbfaece6ee4f
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10530-006-9013-9
