PERSONAL DE APOYO
SPACCESI Fernando Gustavo
artículos
Título:
Abundance, Recruitment, and Shell Growth of the Exotic Mussel Limnoperna fortunei in the Río de la Plata, Argentina
Autor/es:
FERNANDO SPACCESI
Revista:
ZOOLOGICAL STUDIES
Editorial:
ACAD SINICA INST ZOOLOGY
Referencias:
Lugar: Tapei, Taiwan; Año: 2013 vol. 52 p. 1 - 11
ISSN:
1021-5506
Resumen:
Since its accidental introduction in 1991, Limnoperna fortunei has spread throughout the del Plata basin becoming established as a new non-indigenous freshwater bivalve in South America.I compared its population dynamics between two - sites in the Río de la Plata Estuary at Bagliardi Beach (freshwater) and Punta Indio Beach (saltwater-influenced) 90 km to the south, by monthly sampling of mussel conglomerates on hard substrate - during low tides for 1 year and observed significant variability over space and time. Punta Indio exhibited lower abundances of recruits (