Journal article

Publication year: 2012

Pages: 273-276

Journal: BioInvasions Records

Volume number: 1

Issue number: 4

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2012.1.4.05

Publisher: Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre (REABIC)

Abstract: 

After its first observation in the HollandschDiep in 2006, the quagga mussel expanded in
an upstream direction within the rivers, Rhine and Meuse. The species was found
throughout the Dutch and Belgian sections of the Meuse River between 2008 and
2011, but was never reported from the Meuse in France, i.e., upstream of the
Belgian border. Herein, this document reports the finding of the quagga mussel
at two locations in the French section of this river. The lengthsof the quagga
mussels collectedin this study – including the initial discovery of a 23.0 mm
long individual in October 2011 – suggest that their original introduction into
the Meuse River within France occurred in 2009 or earlier.

Harvard Citation style: Marescaux, J., Molloy, D., Giamberini, L., Albrecht, C. and Van Doninck, K. (2012) First records of the quagga mussel, Dreissena rostriformis bugensis (Andrusov, 1897), in the Meuse River within France, BioInvasions Records, 1(4), pp. 273-276. https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2012.1.4.05

APA Citation style: Marescaux, J., Molloy, D., Giamberini, L., Albrecht, C., & Van Doninck, K. (2012). First records of the quagga mussel, Dreissena rostriformis bugensis (Andrusov, 1897), in the Meuse River within France. BioInvasions Records. 1(4), 273-276. https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2012.1.4.05