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Here come the clam: Southernmost record worldwide of the Asian clam Corbicula fluminea (Patagonia, Argentina)

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The invasive Asiatic clam, Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1778), is reported in new localities from the Negro River, from Conesa until Viedma. Fourteen years since its first record in this area, the species has established in the entire Negro River basin, upstream until Cipolletti and downstream until Viedma, where it reached densities up to 525 ind./m2. The most probable dispersal vector of clams is passive upstream and downstream transport which is probably facilitated by some human activities, such as fishing, fish stocking, recreational activities, sand and gravel extraction. This work state the southernmost record worldwide of C. fluminea.

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  1. Departamento de Ciencias Exactas, Naturales y de Ingeniería, Sede Atlántica, Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Don Bosco y Leloir av. (R8500AEC), Río Negro, Argentina

    Lucas M. Molina, Nadia G. Molina Carrizo & Mariza A. Abrameto

  2. Instituto de Biología Marina y Pesquera “Almirante Storni”, Güemes 1030, San Antonio Oeste, 8520, Río Negro, Argentina

    Patricio J. Pereyra

  3. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Lucas M. Molina & Patricio J. Pereyra

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Molina, L.M., Pereyra, P.J., Molina Carrizo, N.G. et al. Here come the clam: Southernmost record worldwide of the Asian clam Corbicula fluminea (Patagonia, Argentina). Russ J Biol Invasions 6, 129–134 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2075111715020071

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