| Issue |
Knowl. Manag. Aquat. Ecosyst.
Number 421, 2020
Topical Issue on Fish Ecology
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| Article Number | 4 | |
| Number of page(s) | 3 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2019047 | |
| Published online | 16 January 2020 | |
Short Communication
Microcondylaea bonellii as a new host for the European bitterling Rhodeus amarus
Microcondylaea bonellii, un nouvel hôte pour la bouvière Rhodeus amarus
1
CBMA – Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology, Department of Biology, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar, Braga, Portugal
2
North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, 11 West Jones Street, Raleigh, USA
3
CIIMAR/CIMAR − Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Matosinhos, Portugal
4
Division of Zoology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
5
Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité ISYEB – Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, Paris, France
6
CNR-IRSA Institute of Water Research, Verbania Pallanza (VB), Italy
7
Faculty of Biotechnology and Food, Agricultural University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania
8
Centro de Investigação de Montanha (CIMO), Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal
9
Institute of Zoology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland
10
CITAB-UTAD − Centre for Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Forestry Department, Vila Real, Portugal
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CIBIO/InBIO − Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Vairão, Portugal
* Corresponding author: rg.eco.sousa@gmail.com
Received:
8
November
2019
Accepted:
13
December
2019
We report for the first time that the freshwater mussel Microcondylaea bonellii (Férussac, 1827) functions as a suitable host for the European bitterling Rhodeus amarus (Bloch, 1782). Given the recent expansion of R. amarus in Europe, the possible physiological cost (e.g. competition for oxygen, reduction in water circulation, and consequent impairment of filter-feeding) of this interaction may further affect the already poor conservation status of M. bonellii populations.
Résumé
Nous signalons pour la première fois que la moule d'eau douce Microcondylaea bonellii (Férussac, 1827) sert d'hôte à la bouvière Rhodeus amarus (Bloch, 1782). Étant donné l'expansion récente de R. amarus en Europe, le coût physiologique possible de cette interaction (par exemple la compétition pour l'oxygène, la réduction de la circulation de l'eau et l'altération conséquente de l'alimentation par filtration) pourrait affecter davantage le statut de conservation déjà mauvais des populations de M. bonellii.
Key words: Conservation / ecology / freshwater mussels / non-native species / threat
Mots clés : Conservation / écologie / moules d'eau douce / espèces non indigènes
© R. Sousa et al., Published by EDP Sciences 2020
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