The current invasion status of Anodonta woodiana (Lea, 1934) in Poland — study of habitat parameters

Abstract

The study of fish ponds have confirmed the presence of nine new locations of Anodonta woodiana in Poland, with strong and vital populations. These are examples of Chinese pond mussels accidentally introduced along with fish imports. Comparison of known localities shows that more mussels are in eastern Poland, from which the migration path of A. woodiana progresses. Most often mussels settle in larger water reservoirs with elongated shapes. Older and longer mussels occur in deeper fish ponds. Moreover, the further south the location, the higher biomass can be obtained.The average age of mussels in a fish pond depends on its bed type and depth; however the latter has less influence. New locations of this species are also to be expected due to deliberate

Chinese pond mussel Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834) (Bivalvia): origin of the Polish population and GenBank data

“…Earlier research on Polish populations of S. woodiana shows significant differences in biometric parameters of individuals from various locations (Soroka and Zdanowski, 2001;Urbańska et al, 2012;Andrzejewski et al, 2013). The observed phenotypic variation of individuals of S. woodiana coming from different Polish ponds seemed to indicate varied provenance of these mussel populations, but molecular data do not confirm that assumption.…”

“…ponds Urocze, Wojnowice, Polna Rzeka, and Oko, as well as Gosławice Fish Farm, were presented in earlier works (Soroka and Zdanowski, 2001;Urbańska et al, 2012;Andrzejewski et al, 2013). For this study, specimens of S. woodiana were collected from 4 new localities (fish ponds in various parts of Poland), and compared with specimens from Gosławice Fish Farm (near Konin, Poland) and from the River Danube (south of Budapest, Hungary) (Fig.…”

The invasive Chinese pond mussel Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834) as a host for native symbionts in European waters

“…The distribution of S. woodiana in Poland in the initial stages of its invasion was restricted to artificially heated lakes (Zdanowski, 1996;Spyra et al, 2012), while the presence of this exotic mussel in waters with natural thermal regime was first reported by Bőhme (1998) and subsequently by Urbańska et al (2012). The continuously growing number of new localities of S. woodiana, as well as the biology and ecology of the species (Dudgeon and Morton, 1983;Kiss, 1995;Sîrbu et al, 2005;Corsi et al, 2007;Du et al, 2011;Douda et al, 2012), indicate that this unionid species easily spreads in freshwater habitats (Andrzejewski et al, 2013). Data on the occurrence N o n -c o m m e r c i a l u s e o n l y of non-parasitic and parasitic symbionts of S. woodiana in its native ecosystems and European water bodies are scanty (Zhao and Tang, 2007;Yuryshynets and Krasutska, 2009;Wu et al, 2012;Yanovich and Shevcuk, 2012) and usually do not include the diversity of inland waters inhabited by Chinese pond mussel.…”

DSC and electrophoretic studies on protein denaturation of Anodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834)

“…Among bivalves, it is known as an invasive species transported with fish shipments and penetrated from Asia not only the American continent but also Europe. Following numerous studies, both marine and freshwater A. woodiana may constitute safe biomaterial of potential processability [3,5,6]. Evaluation of the possibility to use them requires extensive and multidirectional studies including the studies of the functional properties of proteins, i.e., those physicochemical properties that influence the behavior of proteins during processing, storage and feed/food consumption [7].…”