We summarized existing knowledge on Dreissena polymorpha (the zebra mussel) and D. r.
bugensis (the quagga mussel), including data on their taxonomy, systematics, evolution, life …

Determining when and where the ecological impacts of invasive species will be most
detrimental and whether the effects of multiple invaders will be superadditive, or subadditive …

The Konin lakes, heated by power stations and invaded by alien organisms, are a natural
laboratory in which we can study the impact of climate change on the native communities of …

Abstract The alien Chinese mussel Anodonta woodiana was first reported in Poland in the
system of heated lakes near Konin in 1993. Genetic studies with use of three molecular …

Unlike the vast majority of organisms in which mitochondrial DNA is transmitted maternally
(standard mitochondrial inheritance, SMI), some marine or freshwater bivalves exhibit a …

One species is new for the regional fauna (Sphaerium nucleus), another three are rare and
their range is strictly limited to a few localities (Musculium lacustre, Bythinella sp. and …

The bio-morphological (shells, weight) and genetic (izoenzymes) variations were studied in
a new mussel species to Poland, Anodonta woodiana, which occurs in the heated Konin …

The aim of the study was to describe the mechanisms by which the zebra mussel, Dreissena
polymorpha (Pall.), populations form and settle in the thermally and hydrodynamically varied …

Up to now 17 alien species of family Naididae have been found in Poland. The majority of
them have a Ponto-Caspian origin (Potamothrix hammoniensis, P. moldaviensis, P …

The aim of the study was to identify changes in the quality and quantity structure of the
zoobenthos assemblages inhabiting the lakes, channels, and basins that comprise the …