Mass Mortality Events of Invasive Freshwater Bivalves: Current Understanding and Potential Directions for Future Research

High abundance of an invasive species gives it an outsized ecological role

(2019) William G. McDowell et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Research priorities for freshwater mussel conservation assessment

(2019) Noé Ferreira-Rodríguez et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Potential impacts of the invasive species Corbicula fluminea on the survival of glochidia

(2019) Vanessa Modesto et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Drought-Induced, Punctuated Loss of Freshwater Mussels Alters Ecosystem Function Across Temporal Scales

(2019) Traci P. DuBose et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Decay and persistence of empty bivalve shells in a temperate riverine system

(2019) M.I. Ilarri et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Thermal effluents from power plants boost performance of the invasive clam Corbicula fluminea in Ireland's largest river

(2019) Marcin R. Penk et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Conservation of freshwater bivalves at the global scale: diversity, threats and research needs

(2018) Manuel Lopes-Lima et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Status and trends of the Asian clam ( Corbicula fluminea ) in the lower Fox River and Green Bay

(2018) Bradley J. Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH

Physical legacy of freshwater bivalves: Effects of habitat complexity on the taxonomical and functional diversity of invertebrates

(2018) Martina I. Ilarri et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Bivalve Impacts in Freshwater and Marine Ecosystems

(2018) Caryn C. Vaughn et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Die-offs of the endangered pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera during an extreme drought

(2018) Ronaldo Sousa et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Long-term responses of native bivalves (Unionidae and Sphaeriidae) to a Dreissena invasion

(2018) David L. Strayer et al.   Freshwater Science

Ecosystem services provided by freshwater mussels

(2017) Caryn C. Vaughn   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Annual mass drownings of the Serengeti wildebeest migration influence nutrient cycling and storage in the Mara River

(2017) Amanda L. Subalusky et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Black-swan events in animal populations

(2017) Sean C. Anderson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Booms, busts and population collapses in invasive ants

(2016) Philip J. Lester et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Conservation status of freshwater mussels in Europe: state of the art and future challenges

(2016) Manuel Lopes-Lima et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

An experimental approach to assess Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) resistance to osmotic stress in estuarine habitats

(2016) Noé Ferreira-Rodríguez et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Negative effects of Corbicula fluminea over native freshwater mussels

(2016) Noé Ferreira-Rodríguez et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Invasive plant species are locally adapted just as frequently and at least as strongly as native plant species

(2016) Ayub M.O. Oduor et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Mass mortality of a dominant invasive species in response to an extreme climate event: Implications for ecosystem function

(2016) W.G. McDowell et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Disease and Disorders of Freshwater Unionid Mussels: A Brief Overview of Recent Studies

(2016) Francesca Carella et al.   Frontiers in Physiology

Low Genetic Diversity and High Invasion Success of Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia, Corbiculidae) (Müller, 1774) in Portugal

(2016) Cidália Gomes et al.   PLoS One

Freshwater mollusc assemblages and habitat associations in the Danube River drainage, Hungary

(2015) Erika Bódis et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Distribution of Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) in the invaded range: a geographic approach with notes on species traits variability

(2015) Daniel Crespo et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Heat-induced mass mortality of invasive zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) at sublethal water temperatures

(2015) Jeffrey D. White et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Contrasting decay rates of freshwater bivalves’ shells: Aquatic versus terrestrial habitats

(2015) M.I. Ilarri et al.   LIMNOLOGICA

Facilitation in the low intertidal: effects of an invasive species on the structure of an estuarine macrozoobenthic assemblage

(2015) A Novais et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Recent shifts in the occurrence, cause, and magnitude of animal mass mortality events

(2015) Samuel B. Fey et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Drought-induced changes in flow regimes lead to long-term losses in mussel-provided ecosystem services

(2015) Caryn C. Vaughn et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Facilitation in the low intertidal: effects of an invasive species on the structure of an estuarine macrozoobenthic assemblage

(2015) A Novais et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Species and function lost: Role of drought in structuring stream communities

(2014) Carla L. Atkinson et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Influence of the invasive Asian clam Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae) on estuarine epibenthic assemblages

(2014) M.I. Ilarri et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Climate controls the distribution of a widespread invasive species: implications for future range expansion

(2014) W. G. McDowell et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Empty native and invasive bivalve shells as benthic habitat modifiers in a large river

(2014) E. Bódis et al.   LIMNOLOGICA

Massive mortality of invasive bivalves as a potential resource subsidy for the adjacent terrestrial food web

(2013) E. Bódis et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Invasive bivalves in fresh waters: impacts from individuals to ecosystems and possible control strategies

(2013) Ronaldo Sousa et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Stream community and ecosystem responses to the boom and bust of an invading snail

(2012) Jonathan W. Moore et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Introduced Pathogens and Native Freshwater Biodiversity: A Case Study of Sphaerothecum destruens

(2012) Demetra Andreou et al.   PLoS One

Parasites and invasions: a biogeographic examination of parasites and hosts in native and introduced ranges

(2011) April M. H. Blakeslee et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Associated macrozoobenthos with the invasive Asian clam Corbicula fluminea

(2011) Martina I. Ilarri et al.   JOURNAL OF SEA RESEARCH

Impacts of Salmon on Riparian Plant Diversity

(2011) M. D. Hocking et al.   SCIENCE

Towards an assessment of multiple ecosystem processes and services via functional traits

(2010) Francesco de Bello et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Massive mortality of the Asian clam Corbicula fluminea in a highly invaded area

(2010) Martina I. Ilarri et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Changes in precipitation with climate change

(2010) KE Trenberth   CLIMATE RESEARCH

Boom or bust? A comparative analysis of transient population dynamics in plants

(2010) Iain Stott et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Stable isotopic signatures, tissue stoichiometry, and nutrient cycling (C and N) of native and invasive freshwater bivalves

(2010) Carla L. Atkinson et al.   JOURNAL OF THE NORTH AMERICAN BENTHOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Non-indigenous invasive bivalves as ecosystem engineers

(2009) Ronaldo Sousa et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

The population dynamics and sexual strategy of Anodonta woodiana (Bivalvia: Unionacea) in Plover Cove Reservoir, Hong Kong

(2009) David Dudgeon et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Five Potential Consequences of Climate Change for Invasive Species

(2008) JESSICA J. HELLMANN et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

COMPARING RESOURCE PULSES IN AQUATIC AND TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS

(2008) Weston H. Nowlin et al.   ECOLOGY

Tolerance to salinities shocks of the invasive mussel Limnoperma fortunei under experimental conditions

(2008) Luciana G. Angonesi et al.   IHERINGIA SERIE ZOOLOGIA

Nutrient release and ecological stoichiometry of freshwater mussels (Mollusca:Unionidae) in 2 small, regionally distinct streams

(2008) Alan D. Christian et al.   JOURNAL OF THE NORTH AMERICAN BENTHOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Solving cryptogenic histories using host and parasite molecular genetics: the resolution ofLittorina littorea's North American origin

(2008) APRIL M. H. BLAKESLEE et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Effects of Severe Drought on Freshwater Mussel Assemblages

(2008) Wendell R. Haag et al.   TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY