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<p>A new large population of the Asian clam <italic>Corbicula fluminea</italic> (O. F. Müller, 1774) was found within a reach (ca 210 km long) of one of the largest European rivers, the Vistula. The largest population and the largest individuals were found at the outlet of a channel collecting heated water from the cooling process at the Połaniec power station and adjacent parts of the river. In the northern part of the study area, bivalves occurred at the channel margins, in groyne fields, and in the shallows of sand banks or sandbars. The clams were less numerous in places where the river was regulated with straightened banks and stone ripraps. Twenty-five other taxa of mollusks were found altogether at the sampling stations where <italic>Corbicula</italic> was observed, including other non-indigenous mollusk species.</p></abstract>

A new large population of the Asian clam Corbicula fluminea (O. F. Müller, 1774) was found within a reach (ca 210 km long) of one of the largest European rivers, the Vistula. The largest population and the largest individuals were found at the outlet of a channel collecting heated water from the cooling process at the Połaniec power station and adjacent parts of the river. In the northern part of the study area, bivalves occurred at the channel margins, in groyne fields, and in the shallows of sand banks or sandbars. The clams were less numerous in places where the river was regulated with straightened banks and stone ripraps. Twenty-five other taxa of mollusks were found altogether at the sampling stations where Corbicula was observed, including other non-indigenous mollusk species.

Rapid expansion of the Asian clam <italic>Corbicula fluminea</italic> (O. F. Müller, 1774): a new alien species in the mollusk community of the Vistula

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

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Rapid expansion of the Asian clam  (O. F. Müller, 1774): a new alien species in the mollusk community of the Vistula

A new large population of the Asian clam Corbicula fluminea (O. F. Müller, 1774) was found within a reach (ca 210 km long) of one of the largest European...

Rapid expansion of the Asian clam Corbicula fluminea (O. F. Müller, 1774): a new alien species in the mollusk community of the Vistula

Article Category: Original research paper

Published Online: Mar 13, 2018

Page range: 75 - 86

Received: Mar 21, 2017

Accepted: Jul 24, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ohs-2018-0009

© 2018 Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdańsk, Poland

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