Biological invasions

First meeting of the X-IAS project
This is the first presentation of the project X-IAS.
Martina Ilarri, Bet team
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First meeting of the X-IAS project
X-IAS -Investigating the cumulative effects of multiple invasive species on estuarine escosystems
Exploring Co-Invasions in Aquatic Ecosystems
X-IAS -Investigating the cumulative effects of multiple invasive species on estuarine escosystems
Trophic niche overlap between native freshwater mussels (Order: Unionida) and the invasive Corbicula fluminea
Freshwater mussels (Order Unionida) are highly threatened. Interspecific competition for food sources with invasive alien species is …
Vanessa Modesto, Ester Dias, Martina Ilarri, Manuel Lopes-Lima, Amilcar Teixeira, Simone Varandas, Paulo Castro, Carlos Antunes, Ronaldo Sousa
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Trophic niche overlap between native freshwater mussels (Order: Unionida) and the invasive Corbicula fluminea
Potential impacts of the invasive species Corbicula fluminea on the survival of glochidia
Vanessa Modesto, Paulo Castro, Manuel Lopes-Lima, Carlos Antunes, Martina Ilarri, Ronaldo Sousa
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Potential impacts of the invasive species Corbicula fluminea on the survival of glochidia
Physical legacy of freshwater bivalves: Effects of habitat complexity on the taxonomical and functional diversity of invertebrates
Bivalves may play a major role in structuring aquatic communities. This may be especially relevant in aquatic communities dominated by …
Martina Ilarri, Luis Amorim, Allan T. Souza, Ronaldo Sousa
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Physical legacy of freshwater bivalves: Effects of habitat complexity on the taxonomical and functional diversity of invertebrates
Palatability of the Asian clam Corbicula fluminea (Müller 1774) in an invaded system
Paulo S. Castro, Martina Ilarri, Vanessa Modesto, Carlos Antunes, Ronaldo Sousa
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Palatability of the Asian clam Corbicula fluminea (Müller 1774) in an invaded system
Effects of the invasive clam Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) on an estuarine microbial community
Adriana Novais, Allan T. Souza, Martina Ilarri, Claúdia Pascoal, Ronaldo Sousa
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Effects of the invasive clam Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) on an estuarine microbial community
From water to land: How an invasive clam may function as a resource pulse to terrestrial invertebrates
Adriana Novais, Allan T. Souza, Martina Ilarri, Claúdia Pascoal, Ronaldo Sousa
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From water to land: How an invasive clam may function as a resource pulse to terrestrial invertebrates
Facilitation in the low intertidal: Effects of an invasive species on the structure of an estuarine macrozoobenthic assemblage
The Asian clam Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) has been recognized as one of the most important invasive alien species in aquatic …
Adriana Novais, Allan T. Souza, Martina Ilarri, Claúdia Pascoal, Ronaldo Sousa
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Facilitation in the low intertidal: Effects of an invasive species on the structure of an estuarine macrozoobenthic assemblage
Differences in the macrozoobenthic fauna colonising empty bivalve shells before and after invasion by Corbicula fluminea
Martina Ilarri, Allan T. Souza, Vanessa Modesto, Lúcia Guilhermino, Ronaldo Sousa
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Differences in the macrozoobenthic fauna colonising empty bivalve shells before and after invasion by Corbicula fluminea