Biological invaders in inland waters: Profiles, distribution, and threats /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Gherardi, Francesca. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edición:1st ed. 2007.
Colección:Invading Nature - Springer Series in Invasion Ecology ; 2
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.