The Zebra mussels in Europe / edited by Gerard van der Velde, Sanjeevi Rajagopal, Abraham bij de Vaate

Includes bibliographical references and index

An up-to-date overview of specialists with contributions on all aspects of the Zebra mussel, one of the world's most succesful invasive species. It is predicted that even competition between fresh and brackish water dreissenids and mytilids is very likely in the near future. This also emphasizes the need to have as much as possible information on these mussels. Presents very comprehensive information by a large number of specialists on fossil and recent species, distribution and dispersion, genetics, food, growth and life history, ecology and ecological impacts, endosymbionts, parasites, predation, indication for water quality and applications, biofouling and control