Environmental DNA survey indicates arrival of quagga mussel in Ticino River basin

Capelli, Camilla and Mauri, Federica and Pianta, Elisa and Rotta, Federica and Lepori, Fabio (2023) Environmental DNA survey indicates arrival of quagga mussel in Ticino River basin. Journal of Limnology, 82. ISSN 1129-5767

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Abstract

The quagga mussel Dreissena rostriformis bugensis is an invasive species that has recently spread to western Europe, causing major impacts on aquatic ecosystems and human activities. We considered lakes Lugano and Maggiore (Ticino River basin, Italy and Switzerland) to be at high risk of colonization due to leisure boat traffic from already-colonized lakes. We performed an environmental DNA based survey to detect any quagga mussel invasions in these lakes as early as possible. The results of the survey confirmed the presence of this species in the lakes and support the use of molecular approaches for the early detection of invasive mussels.

Item Type:	Scientific journal article, Newspaper article or Magazine article
Subjects:	Biological Sciences > Biology > Marine/Freshwater biology > Freshwater biology Biological Sciences > Biology > Population biology Biological Sciences > Biology > Ecology > Biodiversity Biological Sciences > Biology > Ecology > Community ecology Biological Sciences > Zoology > Pest science Biological Sciences > Genetics > Genomics Biological Sciences > Molecular biology, biophysics & biochemistry > Applied molecular biology, biophysics & biochemistry Biological Sciences > Others in Biological Sciences > Applied biological sciences
Department/unit:	Dipartimento ambiente costruzioni e design > Istituto microbiologia Dipartimento ambiente costruzioni e design > Istituto scienze della Terra
Depositing User:	Fabio Lepori
Date Deposited:	05 Sep 2023 10:20
Last Modified:	05 Sep 2023 10:22
URI:	http://repository.supsi.ch/id/eprint/14595

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