Biological invasions have had severe impacts on ecosystems globally, particularly affecting
freshwater habitats. In the aquatic realm, marine environments have received less attention …

Located within the tropics, Hong Kong has diverse marine habitats which host a rich marine
biodiversity (∼ 6000 known species). Its marine environment is, however, under …

Natural and anthropogenic factors shape present-day benthic marine ecosystems.
Understanding their combined influence on benthic communities is limited, however, by a …

The recently introduced bivalve Xenostrobus securis and the previously introduced
Mytilopsis sallei (~ 30 years) are dominant over the native Brachidontes variabilis in …

This constitutes the first record of the Australian alien mytilid Xenostrobus securis in China.
The introduction occurred prior to 2010 probably via shipping arriving at Yantian in Mirs Bay …

The tropical and subtropical mangrove biomes form the foundation of a highly productive
and biologically rich ecosystem providing essential goods and services to human beings …

The brackish water mytilid mussel Mytella strigata (Hanley, 1843) is recorded for the first
time in July 2022 in Hong Kong. Native to Central and South America, the first reports of M …

Implications of changes in environmental conditions caused by seasonality and human
alterations on the recruitment of non-native species and their biotic resistance to predation …

The invasive bivalve Mytilopsis sallei caused several economic and ecological impacts in
Asia. In Brazil, M. sallei was first reported in 2004, and thus far, little is known about its …

Although the false mussel Mytilopsis sallei Recluz, 1849 is recognised as an aggressive
invasive species, its populations in several estuaries in Thailand are restricted to small …