Freshwater ecosystems are the most vulnerable worldwide and freshwater bivalves rank
amongst the most threatened animals in the world. Surveying and monitoring freshwater …

The introduction of freshwater mussels in France was unintentional and relatively recent.
Two species were introduced in the second half of the nineteenth century, and a further eight …

Due to their high filtration rates, exotic freshwater bivalves remove suspended organic
matter from the water column, transferring resources to the sediment and increasing water …

Quagga and zebra mussels of the genus Dreissena are two of the most impactful freshwater
invasive alien species that have spread widely across the globe. These species attach to …

Bivalves appear as relevant sentinel species in aquatic ecotoxicology and water quality
assessment. This is particularly true in marine ecosystems. In fact, several biomonitoring …

Genetic tools have been extremely useful to study the colonization history and dynamics of
invasive species and infer source populations. In addition, understanding the distribution of …

The zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) and the quagga mussel (Dreissena rostriformis
bugensis) are considered as the most competitive invaders in freshwaters of Europe and …

Intensive malacological surveys coupled with environmental DNA analyses in France has
led to the discovery of new populations of the quagga mussel Dreissena rostriformis …

This dataset represents a registry of species that are not native but recorded to live in the
wild of at least one of the four countries that comprise the Two Seas Area, ie Great Britain …

Zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) are commonly used as sentinel organisms in
freshwater biomonitoring. The displacement of this species by quagga mussels (Dreissena …