title: Assessing the potential of the European Atlantic sturgeon Acipenser sturio to control bivalve invasions in Europe.
abstract: This pilot study explored the potential of juvenile European Atlantic sturgeon Acipenser sturio to feed on two invasive bivalve species, the Asian clam Corbicula fluminea and the Eurasian zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha. Preliminary results indicate that native A. sturio were feeding on D. polymorpha at a very limited rate and their potential to prevent the establishment of invasive bivalve species, in new and previously invaded areas, is considered limited.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ecología y Biología Animal, Facultad de Biología, Campus As Lagoas-Marcosende, Universidad de Vigo, Vigo, 36310, Spain.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ferreira-Rodriguez
authors.affiliation: Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei, Müggelseedamm 310, Berlin, 12587, Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gessner
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ecología y Biología Animal, Facultad de Biología, Campus As Lagoas-Marcosende, Universidad de Vigo, Vigo, 36310, Spain.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pardo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049872:Bivalvia; D049875:Dreissena; D005060:Europe; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005399:Fishes; D058865:Introduced Species; D010572:Pest Control, Biological; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011235:Predatory Behavior
keywords: Corbicula fluminea; Dreissena polymorpha; biological control; invasive species