Dreissena bugensis
Dreissena bugensis
(quagga mussel)
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13 results for Dreissena bugensis (quagga mussel)

Impact ID Scientific Name Impact Type Study Type Study Location Impact Description Reference
2904 Dreissena bugensis Food Web Observational Field After just two years following the explosion of quagga mussels in Lake Mead, the mussels did appear... 20982
2905 Dreissena bugensis Food Web Observational Field No impacts were observed on the benthic community one year after the discovery of quagga mussels in... 20995
3581 Dreissena bugensis Food Web Anecdotal N/A Availability of quagga mussels in deeper water may favor the spread of round gobies away from... 20837
3965 Dreissena bugensis Food Web Anecdotal N/A The greatest ecosystem impacts resulted in declines in large piscivorous rainbow trout and lake... 35541
6422 Dreissena bugensis Food Web Anecdotal Field Dreissena bugensis disrupt the food chain and poison waterfowl. 41922
7289 Dreissena bugensis Food Web Observational Field Dreissena bugensis now represents around one third of the dreissenid population in the... 42204
7393 Dreissena bugensis Food Web Anecdotal N/A Dreissena bugensis's high filtration rate decreases the abundance of phytoplankton... 42296
7405 Dreissena bugensis Food Web Observational Field A decrease in phytoplankton biomass and change in phytoplankton composition during spring were... 42296
8232 Dreissena bugensis Food Web Observational Field Declines in Diporeia spp., another benthic invertebrate, have been highly correlated with... 24624
8233 Dreissena bugensis Food Web Observational Field Diporeia is an important prey item linking the benthos to higher trophic levels, and it has been... 19016
8234 Dreissena bugensis Food Web Experimental Laboratory Quagga mussels (Dreissena bugensis) likely decrease food availability for zooplankton through their... 31175
8459 Dreissena bugensis Food Web Experimental Laboratory In mesocosms, invasive rusty crayfish survived and grew on dreissenid substrate while native virile... 42176
9501 Dreissena bugensis Food Web Observational Field Dreissena bugensis, in the United States, has the ability to cause significant ecological... 42982

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Citation information: U.S. Geological Survey. [2024]. Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database. Gainesville, Florida. Accessed [4/28/2024].

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