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A rapidly established population of the invader mysid Neomysis americana (S.I. Smith, 1873) in the Seine estuary

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Abstract

The mysid Neomysis americana (S.I. Smith, 1873), which originates from North-American estuaries, was reported for the first time in 2017 in the Seine estuary (English Channel, France). This sighting represents the second reported occurrence of this species in Europe, following the record of two individuals in 2010 in the Wadden Sea (Netherlands). Its appearance seems recent since no individuals were recorded in previous intensive sampling carried out in the navigational channel and North Channel of the Seine estuary since the middle of the 1990s. In 2017, a total of 2674 individuals of N. americana were sampled, showing the rapid establishment of a reproductive population which was favorised by the decline of the autochthonous population of Neomysis integer (Leach, 1814).

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Acknowledgements

This study is involved in the CAPES (CApacité trophique des nourriceries de Poissons de l’Estuaire de Seine) project financed by the GIP Seine Aval and the REGENI projects, which are funded by the AESN (Agence de l’Eau Seine Normandie). The authors also thank the Grand Port Maritime du Havre for its financial support for the suprabenthos survey following the construction of Port 2000. The authors are grateful to M. Carpenter for the English language revision.

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This study was funded by the CAPES project (CApacité trophique des nourriceris de Poissons de l’Estuaire de Seine) (grant number: SAS6-CAPES-3).

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    Jean-Philippe Pezy, Aurore Raoux & Jean-Claude Dauvin

  2. Groupe d’Etude des Milieux Estuariens et Littoraux de Normandie, GEMEL-N, CREC, 54 rue du Dr Charcot, 14530, Luc-sur-mer, France

    Olivier Timsit

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Pezy, JP., Raoux, A., Timsit, O. et al. A rapidly established population of the invader mysid Neomysis americana (S.I. Smith, 1873) in the Seine estuary. Mar Biodiv 49, 1573–1580 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-018-0914-5

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