Further dispersion of the invasive alien species Corbicula fluminea (O. F. Müller, 1774) in the Oder River

Abstract

Corbicula fluminea is recognised as being one of the worst alien species in Europe and one of the world's most widespread non-indigenous species in freshwater ecosystems. In Poland, it was detected in a heated water channel of the Lower Oder Power Station near Szczecin for the first time in 2003. In the following years, it continued its spread in the Oder River and the Vistula River. Our study uncovered new findings of C. fluminea in the Upper Oder River, which are its southernmost localities in the Oder River. Its record in the Gliwice Canal indicates that this may be a new dispersion route to the east for this species.

Dissecting the chromosome-level genome of the Asian Clam (Corbicula fluminea)

“…On account of short sexual maturity time, rapid growth, short life cycle and planktonic veliger stage, C. fluminea has strong diffusion ability 85 , and it is considered as an alien species in America and Europe 11 – 13 . The strong reproductive capacity and a powerful immune system might be bound to play an important role.…”

“…In foreign countries, C. fluminea was first recorded as in the early twentieth century 10 . They may have spread worldwide by carried as food resource /unintentionally attaching to the hull or though ballast waters, then occupying rivers and lakes and becoming alien invasive species in American and European ecosystems 11 – 13 .…”

Dissecting the Chromosome-Level Genome of The Asian Clam (Corbicula Fluminea)

“…On account of short sexual maturity time, rapid growth, short life cycle and planktonic veliger stage, C. uminea has strong diffusion ability [84], and it is considered as an alien species in America and Europe [11][12][13]. The strong reproductive capacity and a powerful immune system might be bound to play an important role.…”

“…In foreign countries, C. uminea was rst recorded as in the early 20th century [10]. They may have spread worldwide by carried as food resource /unintentionally attaching to the hull or though ballast waters, then occupying rivers and lakes and becoming alien invasive species in American and European ecosystems [11][12][13].…”

Further steps of Cryptorchestia garbinii invasion in Polish inland waters with insights into its molecular diversity in Central and Western Europe

“…The number of alien macroinvertebrate species in the Oder River is still growing. Altogether, at least 33 non-indigenous species have been so far identified in the Oder and in the Szczecin Lagoon (Gruszka, 1999;Szlauer-Łukaszewska and Grabowski, 2012;Jabłońska et al, 2015;Pabis et al, 2017;Szlauer-Łukaszewska et al, 2017;Jabłońska et al, 2018;Cebulska and Krodkiewska, 2019). Among them, nine amphipod species were identified: Chelicorophium curvispinum (Sars G.O., 1894), Dikerogammarus villosus (Sowinsky, 1894), D. haemobaphes (Eichwald, 1841), Echinogammarus trichiatus (Martynov, 1932), Melita nitida Smith, 1873, Obesogammarus crassus (Sars G.O., 1894), Pontogammarus robustoides (Sars, 1894), Gammarus tigrinus Sexton, 1939 and Cryptorchestia garbinii (Orchestia cavimana) Ruffo, Tarocco and Latella, 2014 (Konopacka et al, 2009;Rachalewski et al, 2013;Zettler and Zettler, 2017).…”