Biological invaders in inland waters: Profiles, distribution, and threats /
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| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2007.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2007. |
| Series: | Invading Nature - Springer Series in Invasion Ecology ;
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Table of Contents:
- Biological invasions in inland waters: an overview
- Distribution of invaders
- Invasive crustaceans in European inland waters
- Non-indigenous freshwater crabs in France: a new occurrence of a potamid near Nice
- Status and ecosystem interactions of the invasive Louisianan red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii in East Africa
- Non-indigenous freshwater molluscs and their distribution in Italy
- Non-indigenous animal species naturalized in Iberian inland waters
- An overview of the natural history of non-indigenous amphibians and reptiles
- The red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) in Asia: a review
- Semiaquatic mammals introduced into Italy: case studies in biological invasion
- Invasions by plants in the inland waters and wetlands of Africa
- Non-indigenous aquatic and semiaquatic plant species in France
- Profiles of invaders
- Ecological traits of aquatic NIS invading Austrian fresh waters
- Growth and reproduction of the goldfish Carassius auratus: a case study from Italy
- Epigenetic context in the life history traits of the round goby, Neogobius melanostomus
- Growth and life history traits of introduced pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) in Europe, and the relevance to its potential invasiveness
- The biological flexibility of the pumpkinseed: a successful colonizer throughout Europe
- Patterns and pathways of invasions
- Marine vs. freshwater invaders: is shipping the key vector for species introductions to Europe?
- Modeling biological invasions of inland waters
- Biomonotony: definition and assessment for macroinvertebrates in European running waters
- Genetics and invasion biology in fresh waters: a pilot study of Procambarus clarkii in Europe
- Do estuaries act as saline bridges to allow invasion of new freshwater systems by non-indigenous fish species?
- Which factors determine non-indigenous fish dispersal? A study of the red piranha in tropical Brazilian lakes
- The relationship between biodiversity and invasibility in central Swedish lakes invaded by Elodea species
- Impacts of invaders
- Measuring the impact of freshwater NIS: what are we missing?
- Invasion of the Baltic Sea basin by the Ponto-Caspian amphipod Pontogammarus robustoides and its ecological impact
- Changes in the aquatic systems of north-eastern Europe after invasion by Gmelinoides fasciatus
- The predatory impact of Dikerogammarus villosus on fish
- Understanding the impact of invasive crayfish
- Predation of invasive crayfish on aquatic vertebrates: the effect of Procambarus clarkii on fish assemblages in Mediterranean temporary streams
- Assessing the trophic ecology of crayfish: a case study of the invasive Procambarus clarkii
- and spread of crayfish (Parastacidae) in Western Australia and their potential to displace indigenous species
- The zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha: reproduction and competition with the sponge Ephydatia fluvia
- Seasonal effects on the antioxidant response and metal accumulation of Dreissena polymorpha
- Managing invasions
- Towards a European strategy to halt biological invasions in inland waters
- A risk assessment of biological invasions in the inland waterways of Europe: the Northern Invasion Corridor case study
- Logistics of shipboard and dockside testing of ballast water treatment systems in the United States
- Virtues and shortcomings of EU legal provisions for managing NIS: Rana catesbeiana and Trachemys scripta elegans as case studies
- Problems and opportunities managing invasive Bullfrogs: is there any hope?
- Concluding remarks
- A role for scientists.