Rival at the gate: first record of the Asian clam Corbicula fluminea Müller, 1774 (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae) in Greece

Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems

Lopes-Lima Manuel¹  Froufe Elsa²  Zogaris Stamatis³  Karaouzas Ioannis³ 

[1] ;CIIMAR/CIMAR − Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto;Institute of Marine Biological Resources & Inland Waters, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research;

关键词: invasive;    alien species;    bioinvasion;    dispersion;    freshwater;   

DOI  :  10.1051/kmae/2020017

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This contribution presents the first record of the Asian clam Corbicula fluminea Müller, 1774 in Greece. The species was collected in Erythropotamos River (Reka Luda Луда река), one of the main tributaries of Evros River (classical name of the Maritsa river), thus being the southernmost record of this invasive bivalve in the Balkan Peninsula. The most likely entry source of C. fluminea in Greece is through active or passive downstream drift through the Bulgarian part of Erythropotamos River, which is shared between Bulgaria and Greece. Special attention is now required to assess the invasion extent of the Asian clam in the entire Evros basin and adjacent river basins of Bulgaria and the Aegean basins of Greece and Turkey.

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