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Monitoring the invasion of the aquatic bug Trichocorixa verticalis verticalis (Hemiptera: Corixidae) in the wetlands of Doñana National Park (SW Spain)

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Abstract

We have detected the presence of the North American native corixid Trichocorixa verticalis verticalis (Fieber, 1851) in Doñana wetlands (SW Spain). We have collected data from different research projects done in the area during the period of 2001–2007. We have sampled 134 different sites in Doñana and we found the exotic corixid in 66 occasions. We have found two reproductive populations that might act as sources for the colonization of other waterbodies in the area. When reproduction occurred T. v. verticalis outcompeted native corixids. Its presence out of the waterbodies where we detected reproduction was in small numbers and probably due to vagrant individuals.

Guest editors: B. Oertli, R. Cereghino, A. Hull & R. Miracle

Pond Conservation: From Science to Practice. 3rd Conference of the European Pond Conservation Net work, Valencia, Spain, 14–16 May 2008

Héctor Rodríguez-Pérez and Margarita Florencio have contributed equally to this work.

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    Present address: Department of Animal Production. Veterinary Faculty, Complutense University of Madrid, Av. Puerta de Hierro, 28040, Madrid, Spain

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  1. Department of Wetland Ecology, Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC, C/Americo Vespucio, s/n, 41092, Sevilla, Spain

    Héctor Rodríguez-Pérez, Margarita Florencio, Carola Gómez-Rodríguez, Andy J. Green & Carmen Díaz-Paniagua

  2. Department of Plant Biology and Ecology. Biology Faculty, Sevilla University, 41080, Sevilla, Spain

    Laura Serrano

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Rodríguez-Pérez, H., Florencio, M., Gómez-Rodríguez, C., Green, A.J., Díaz-Paniagua, C., Serrano, L. (2009). Monitoring the invasion of the aquatic bug Trichocorixa verticalis verticalis (Hemiptera: Corixidae) in the wetlands of Doñana National Park (SW Spain). In: Oertli, B., Céréghino, R., Biggs, J., Declerck, S., Hull, A., Miracle, M.R. (eds) Pond Conservation in Europe. Developments in Hydrobiology 210, vol 210. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9088-1_30

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