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- Title
Resaca supports range expansion of invasive apple snails (Pomacea maculata Perry, 1810; Caenogastropoda: Ampullariidae) to the Rio Grande Valley, Texas.
- Authors
Perez, Kathryn E.; Gamboa, Victoria Garcia; Schneider, Caitlin M.; Burks, Romi L.
- Abstract
Resacas, or oxbow lakes, form from old river channels. In the Rio Grande, resacas provide habitat for diverse wildlife, including native and non-native species. Biologists unexpectedly found pink egg masses on emergent vegetation (November 2015) and later adult apple snails (May 2016) within a resaca at a former fish hatchery in Brownsville, Texas. This report extends the non-native range of Pomacea maculata Perry, 1810 by 429 km southeast in Texas. Our findings imply that abandoned waterbodies, such as fish hatcheries, can act as unrecognized conduits for non-native invasive species.
- Subjects
SNAILS; NEOGASTROPODA; AMPULLARIIDAE
- Publication
Check List, 2017, Vol 13, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
1809-127X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15560/13.3.2134