Ecological consequences of invasion across the freshwater-marine transition in a warming world.

ABSTRACT: The freshwater-marine transition that characterizes an estuarine system can provide multiple entry options for invading species, yet the relative importance of this gradient in determining the functional contribution of invading species has received little attention. The ecological consequences of species invasion are routinely evaluated within a freshwater versus marine context, even though many invasive species can inhabit a wide range of salinities. We investigate the functional consequences of different sizes of Corbicula fluminea-an invasive species able to adapt to a wide range of temperatures and salinity-across the freshwater-marine transition in the presence versus absence of warming. Specifically, we characterize how C. fluminea affect fluid and particle transport,

SUBMITTER: Crespo D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5792526 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature