Non-indigenous freshwater molluscs and their distribution in Italy

Cianfanelli, Simone; Lori, Elisabetta; Bodon, Marco

doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-6029-8_5

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“…Though the hypothesis remains untested, such features may thus compensate for P. acuta's inherent poor competitive ability at least in food-rich (and hence often species-rich; e.g., Jokinen, 1987;Costil and Clement, 1996) gastropod communities, which typically feature abundant physid populations (e.g., Jokinen, 1987;Lombardo, 2005). The high degree of activity also may be behind the apparent replacement of the native Physa fontinalis L. 1758 by the North American P. acuta in much of western and Mediterranean Europe (Anderson, 2003;Cianfanelli et al, 2007;Garcı´a-Berthou et al, 2007); however, direct comparisons between these two physids are needed to support this hypothesis.…”

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Diel activity cycles of freshwater gastropods under natural light: Patterns and ecological implications

Lombardo

Miccoli

Giustini

et al. 2010

Ann. Limnol. - Int. J. Lim.

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-Though much is known about freshwater snail ecology, their circadian rhythms remain poorly investigated. Well-fed, stress-free, mid-size adults of six species common in central Italian lakes were exposed to natural sunlight and photoperiod, and their activity status was recorded at 3-h intervals during a 9-d indoor experiment. All species exhibited evident diurnal habits despite high individual variability, with middayto-early-afternoon activity peaks. Activity was correlated with diel light conditions but not with short-term changes in albedo. The prosobranch Bithynia (= Codiella) leachii and the pulmonates Physa (= Physella) acuta and Planorbis planorbis were the most active species and exhibited the longest-lasting response to daytime food addition. The prosobranch Valvata piscinalis exhibited long periods retracted in its shell with the operculum shut, and the remaining taxa (the pulmonates Galba (= Lymnaea) truncatula and Radix (= Lymnaea) auricularia) exhibited an intermediate degree of activity. P. acuta was the most active species at night and exhibited the quicker response to nighttime food addition. Alertedness to (diurnal) predators may be highest for the highly active P. acuta and P. planorbis, whose antipredator defenses are mainly behavioral. Diel activity patterns and other ecological characteristics suggest that P. acuta may be favored in food-rich habitats, while V. piscinalis may not be able to fully exploit food resources, especially if in limiting quantities. All snail species -and P. acuta in particular -may stimulate periphyton metabolism while keeping its biomass low by grazing mainly during the time of maximum photosynthesis.

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Diel activity cycles of freshwater gastropods under natural light: Patterns and ecological implications

Lombardo

Miccoli

Giustini

et al. 2010

Ann. Limnol. - Int. J. Lim.

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“…Nevertheless, it is important to take into account that D. polymorpha is considered an invasive alien species all over Europe and the United States, even if this mollusk was present in Europe before the last glaciation [32] and was then bounded in some basins of Eastern Europe in the post-glacial period until the 18th century [33]. The human activity has then favored the distribution of D. polymorpha all over its original European areal; in Italy, for example, this bivalve has first been found in 1973 [34] and its presence in the Italian inland waters has been confirmed by subsequent studies [35][36][37]. Therefore, the idea of using this invasive species for anthropic purposes (bio-filtration, human food, animal feed, fertilizer and biogas) [29] [21] or potentially toxic metals.…”

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Removal of metallic elements from real wastewater using zebra mussel bio-filtration process

Magni

Parolini

Soave

et al. 2015

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering

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A B S T R A C TThe metallic element pollution is a serious environmental problem but still unsolved since these contaminants are released mainly by human activity, reaching all the environmental compartments. Traditional wastewater treatment plants are very efficient in removing metallic elements only when their concentration is in the order of mg/L, but are not able to remove them until mg/L, as it would be needed to cope with the water quality standards in low flow receptors. Therefore, the aim of our study was to evaluate the potential removal of some recalcitrant metallic elements to the classical treatments, by the natural process of bio-filtration performed by the invasive zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha). For this purpose we built a pilot-plant at the Milano-Nosedo wastewater treatment plant, where we placed about 40,000 D. polymorpha specimens appointed to the wastewater bio-filtration. The metallic element removal due to zebra mussel activity was evaluated in the treated wastewater with a plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). Data obtained in these experiments showed an encouraging metallic element removal due to D. polymorpha activity; in particular, the total abatement (100%) of Cr after one day of bio-filtration exposure is remarkable. Therefore, this study encourages further research related with the use of bivalves as a new tool for the wastewater depuration process; in this regard, the contaminated mollusks used in the bio-filtration could be incinerated or stored in special landfills, as is also the case of traditional sewage sludge.

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“…It was first introduced to Europe via Romania in 1979 (Sàr-kàny-Kiss 1986) from where it quickly spread to several other European countries (Lajtner and Crnčan 2011). It was first reported in Italy in 1996 (Manganelli et al 1998) and since has rapidly colonized several Italian regions, including the south (Cianfanelli et al 2007;De Vico et al 2007). In Croatia, this species was recorded in 2001 in the river Danube, which forms the border between Croatia and Serbia (Paunović et al 2006).…”

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Lifting the curtain on the freshwater mussel diversity of the Italian Peninsula and Croatian Adriatic coast

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Freshwater mussels of the order Unionida have been dramatically declining globally. Despite their ecological importance, conservation of these animals has been hindered by unresolved taxonomy and a lack of data on the distribution and status of populations, especially in southern Europe. Although the Italian Peninsula has been noted as a centre of endemism and one of the major refugia of the glacial ages for several taxa, few studies have been performed on the genetic diversity of Unionida. Most importantly, the taxonomic status of several freshwater mussel populations of the Italian Peninsula is still unresolved. Here we present the first comprehensive dataset for the Unionida of the region spanning Italy and the coastal Croatian region (west of the Dinaric Alps). In total, Communicated by Robert Cowie.This article belongs to the Topical Collection: Coastal and marine biodiversity. (COI, 16S and 28S). Genetic analyses were performed to understand major phylogenetic and phylogeographic patterns. Seven species were detected: three Anodonta species (A. anatina, A. cygnea and A. exulcerata), two Unio species (U. mancus and U. elongatulus), Microcondylaea bonellii, and the invasive Sinanodonta woodiana. The presence of three endemic species (A. exulcerata, U. elongatulus and M. bonellii) confirms the importance of the region as a centre of endemism for freshwater mussels. The Apennine Mountains act as an important biogeographic barrier. Electronic supplementary material

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Non-indigenous freshwater molluscs and their distribution in Italy

Cited by 55 publications

References 10 publications

Diel activity cycles of freshwater gastropods under natural light: Patterns and ecological implications

Diel activity cycles of freshwater gastropods under natural light: Patterns and ecological implications

Removal of metallic elements from real wastewater using zebra mussel bio-filtration process

Lifting the curtain on the freshwater mussel diversity of the Italian Peninsula and Croatian Adriatic coast

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