Original paper
Establishment of the Asiatic clam Corbicula cf. fluminalis in the Tidal Weser River (N. Germany)
Haesloop, Uwe
Archiv für Hydrobiologie Volume 126 Number 2 (1992), p. 175 - 180
11 references
published: Nov 26, 1992
DOI: 10.1127/archiv-hydrobiol/126/1992/175
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Abstract
The brackish water clam Corbicula cf. fluminalis, which is native to Southeast Asia, has sucessfully established a population in the tidal Weser River. So far the species is distributed over at least 30 river kilometers, it also occurs in connected harbours, the mouth of a tributary and in ditches on the territory of an industrial plant that uses river water for cooling purposes. Several recently published reports on Corbicula in other European rivers and estuaries indicate a rapid range extension and/or multifold introduction of possibly more than one Corbicula species. The fate and effects of a related species (C. fluminea), which was introduced to North America where it causes severe damage to hydroinstallations and probably also affects indigenous bivalves, stresses the importance of further investigations on the spread of Corbicula in Europe as well as on the ecological demands of the introduced species.
Keywords
clam • brackish water • hydroinstallations • Weser River • Germany