Biotic resistance by snails and fish to an exotic invasive aquatic plant

• Published in: Freshwater biology Vol. 62; no. 7; pp. 1266 - 1275
• Main Authors: Ribas, Luiz Guilherme dos Santos, Cunha, Eduardo Ribeiro, Vitule, Jean Ricardo Simões, Mormul, Roger Paulo, Thomaz, Sidinei Magela, Padial, André Andrian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.07.2017
• Subjects: Abiotic factors; Animal–plant ecology; Aquatic ecosystems; Aquatic plants; Astronotus; biocenosis; biological invasion; Biological invasions; biotic resistance; Brazil; Cichlidae; Ecological effects; Economics; Ecosystem disturbance; Ecosystems; environmental factors; exotic species; Fish; Flood damage; Floodplains; Fragmentation; Fragments; Freshwater fishes; Freshwater plants; Herbivores; Herbivorous fish; Herbivorous fishes; Herbivory; Hydrilla verticillata; Interactions; Introduced plants; Invasive plants; Invasive species; Lakes; Leaves; macrophytes; Marine molluscs; Moenkhausia; Neotropics; Plant growth; Pomacea; Propagules; Rivers; Scales; Sediment; sediments; Snails; species interactions; Brazil

Hydrilla verticillata (Hydrocharitaceae) is an exotic invasive macrophyte that has caused severe ecological and economic damage worldwide. H. verticillata has invaded the main channel of the river in the Upper Paraná River floodplain (Brazil), but it has not become established in floodplain lakes. A...