9 results for Limnoperna fortunei (Golden Mussel)

Impact ID Scientific Name Impact Type Study Type Study Location Impact Description Geographic Location Reference
6218 Limnoperna fortunei Competition Anecdotal N/A Limnoperna fortunei negatively impacts unionid species through competition for food. 40174
6219 Limnoperna fortunei Competition Anecdotal N/A Limnoperna fortunei has been shown to physically foul living unionids through settlement on their shells. This impairs movement and restricts their ability to open their valves, thus depriving them of food and oxygen. 40174
6220 Limnoperna fortunei Competition Experimental Field Limnoperna fortunei and Cordylophora caspia compete for substrate when they are limited. Governador José Richa reservoir, Brazi 41137
6221 Limnoperna fortunei Competition Observational Field In the Upper Paraná River, native freshwater sponges compete with and overgrow Limnoperna fortunei. The following six species of freshwater sponge were observed overgrowing or surrounding L. fortunei: Corvospongilla seckti, Drulia cf. brownii, Oncosclera navicella, Sterrastrolepis brasiliensis, Tubella repens, and Uruguaya corallioides. Upper Paraná River, South America 41165
6222 Limnoperna fortunei Competition Anecdotal N/A The shell production by Limnoperna fortunei decreases flow velocity, increases shear strength and increases sedimentation. These ecosystem engineering effects lead to spatial interference competition with native bivalves, reed roots, etc.. 29418
6223 Limnoperna fortunei Competition Experimental Laboratory In mesocosm experiments, Limnoperna fortunei reduced the density of zooplankton through competition for trophic resources. Rotifer and cladoceran densities showed significant declines in mesocosms containing golden mussel. 29442
6889 Limnoperna fortunei Competition Observational Field Limnoperna fortunei has been found to attach to a native crab, Trichodactylus borellianus, which leads to higher energetic costs for locomotion and reduces ability to escape predators. Middle Paraná River, Argentina 42075
6890 Limnoperna fortunei Competition Observational Field Limnoperna fortunei may outcompete/overgrow the native South American gastropods, Chilina fluminae and Biomphalaria straminea, as they became rare and eventually disappeared from study sites. Río de la Plata Estuary, Argentina 29445
6891 Limnoperna fortunei Competition Observational Field Limnoperna fortunei negatively effects burrowing invertebrates and unionids. Río Tercero Reservoir, Argentina 29380

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