What we know and don't know about the invasive golden mussel Limnoperna fortunei

D Boltovskoy, E Paolucci, HJ MacIsaac, A Zhan, Z **a… - Hydrobiologia, 2022 - Springer
An overview of the knowledge of the invasive feshwater golden mussel (Limnoperna
fortunei) is presented, with particular emphasis on the voids of our current understanding of …

Socio-environmental impacts of non-native and transplanted aquatic mollusc species in South America: What do we really know?

A Carranza, I Agudo-Padrón, GA Collado… - Hydrobiologia, 2023 - Springer
The impacts of biological invasions remain poorly known for some habitats, regions and
taxa. To date, there has been no comprehensive effort to review and synthesize the impacts …

A retrospective overview of zooplankton research in Uruguay

C Carballo, C Iglesias, E Brugnoli, M Colina… - Limnologica, 2023 - Elsevier
With 6 main basins, and being the second smallest country in South America, Uruguay has a
high freshwater ecosystem diversity. The study of zooplankton communities dates back to …

Freshwater sponges overgrow the invasive golden mussel Limnoperna fortunei in the upper Paraná river, Brazil

HF de Medeiros Fortunato… - Marine and Freshwater …, 2022 - CSIRO Publishing
The golden mussel Limnoperna fortunei is one of the top three invasive animals in Brazil. It
is widely distributed in South America, changing the whole environment, and causing …

Environmental factors determining the distribution of Limnoperna fortunei and its impact on benthic communities in the reservoirs of the Rio Negro (Uruguay)

L Capurro, J Pereira, M Castro, C Ferrer, D Fabián… - Biological …, 2025 - Springer
Limnoperna fortunei, the golden mussel, is an invasive mollusk widely distributed in South
American aquatic ecosystems and known for its attachment to natural and artificial …

Freshwater mussel conservation in southern South America: update on distribution range and current threats

SH Torres, M de Lucía, DEG Gregoric, G Darrigran - Aquatic Sciences, 2024 - Springer
Globally, the Unionida have suffered an increasing decline in both their populations and
distribution range. This phenomenon has been well documented in Europe and North …

The freshwaters bivalves of La Plata Basin in the Anthropocene

C Clavijo, IC Miyahira, A Bassó - Hydrobiologia, 2024 - Springer
Abstract La Plata Basin, the fifth-largest basin in the world, includes areas of Argentina,
Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay and is subjected to intensive human activities such …

Urban effluents affect the invasive bivalve Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker 1857) fitness in a large Pampasic river (Río Negro, Uruguay)

M Castro, C Garreta, R Arocena - Environmental Monitoring and …, 2024 - Springer
Invasive alien species (IAS) exert a negative impact on native ecosystems and on various
human activities. Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker 1857), a sessile mytilid introduced from Asia …