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Characteristics of Sinanodonta woodiana ( Lea , 1834) Populations in Fish Ponds (Upper Silesia, Southern Poland) in Relation to Environmental Factors Abstract
Author(s) -
Spyra Aneta,
Strzelec Małgorzata,
Lewin Iga,
Krodkiewska Mariola,
MichalikKucharz Agnieszka,
Gara Marcin
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international review of hydrobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1522-2632
pISSN - 1434-2944
DOI - 10.1002/iroh.201111425
Subject(s) - mussel , biomass (ecology) , fish <actinopterygii> , ecology , biology , fishery , geography , zoology
Abstract We analyzed the biomass, density and age structure of S. woodiana populations in relation to different environmental factors at new sites of its occurrence in southern Poland. The highest recorded biomass was 4,413 g m –2 . Mussel density was 19 individuals m –2 . The age structure was formed by juveniles as well as by specimens more than 8 years. The rapid expansion of S. woodiana in European countries is believed to be the result of accidental introduction of fishes bearing glochidia of this species. (© 2011 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)