Detachment rates of dreissenid mussels after boat hull-mediated overland dispersal

Collas, F.P.L.; Karatayev, Alexander Y.; Burlakova, Lyubov E.; Leuven, R.S.E.W.

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“…These are key innovations (absent from native North American and European freshwater mollusks) used to attach to conspecific mussels, and to native unionid mussels and other benthic animals, which can be smothered and outcompeted. Byssal attachment to boat hulls, docks, boat lifts and other recreational equipment allows rapid rates of spread between water bodies 76–78 . Expression of genes during byssogenesis has been studied in zebra mussels 27 but a majority of mRNAs that are up or down-regulated could not be identified.…”

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The Genome of the Zebra Mussel,Dreissena polymorpha: A Resource for Invasive Species Research

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27The zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha, continues to spread from its native range in Eurasia 28 to Europe and North America, causing billions of dollars in damage and dramatically altering 29 invaded aquatic ecosystems. Despite these impacts, there are few genomic resources for 30 Dreissena or related bivalves, with nearly 450 million years of divergence between zebra 31 mussels and its closest sequenced relative. Although the D. polymorpha genome is highly 32 repetitive, we have used a combination of long-read sequencing and Hi-C-based scaffolding to 33 generate the highest quality molluscan assembly to date. Through comparative analysis and 34 transcriptomics experiments we have gained insights into processes that likely control the 35 invasive success of zebra mussels, including shell formation, synthesis of byssal threads, and 36 thermal tolerance. We identified multiple intact Steamer-Like Elements, a retrotransposon that 37 has been linked to transmissible cancer in marine clams. We also found that D. polymorpha 38 have an unusual 67 kb mitochondrial genome containing numerous tandem repeats, making it 39 the largest observed in Eumetazoa. Together these findings create a rich resource for invasive 40 species research and control efforts.41 42 44 49 Laurentian Great Lakes region alone 6 , where Dreissena cause extensive damage to 50 hydropower, recreation and tourism industries, and lakefront property 7,8 . Dense infestations 51smother and outcompete native benthic species and remove large amounts of phytoplankton 52 from lakes and rivers, causing population declines and extinctions of native freshwater mussels 53 and other invertebrates, damage to fish populations 9-14 , and dramatic restructuring of aquatic 54 food webs [15][16][17] . The congener D. rostriformis (the quagga mussel), while far less widespread 55 than zebra mussels in inland waters, has ecologically replaced zebra mussels in much of the 56 Laurentian Great Lakes proper and in deep European lakes, and may cause even greater 57 ecological damage in those systems 18-20 . 58 The ongoing European and North American invasions (Fig. 1c-e) have spurred an explosion 59 in research effort on Dreissena, particularly focused on physiology, autecology, and ecosystem 60 impacts 21 . Aside from molecular systematic and population genetic studies 1,22-25 , comparatively 61 little genetic work has been accomplished, with transcriptomes from a few tissues 26,27 being the 62 only genomic resources. 63Bivalves are a diverse Class of Mollusca with over 10,000 described species in marine and 64 freshwater environments 28,29 . To date, complete genomes have been sequenced and analyzed 65 in only eight species-most of them marine organisms of commercial value (Fig. 1b, 66Supplemental Table 1). Yet 21 invasive bivalve species cause damage to aquatic and marine 67 ecosystems worldwide 30 and only the golden mussel, Limnoperna fortunei 31 has a published 68 genome available (the quagga mussel is also being sequenced at present 32 ). Moreover, the 69 divergence ti...

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The Genome of the Zebra Mussel,Dreissena polymorpha: A Resource for Invasive Species Research

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“…The observed reactions of mussels to conspecifics may be important for their distribution in the field. Intentional detachment from a druse and avoidance of a direct contact with a dense colony may contribute to the effective small scale spreading of this invasive species, as well as enhancing the large scale transport of mussels attached to drifting debris or boat hulls ( Minchin et al 2003 ) by increasing their penetration of new areas and thus the probability of their colonization ( Collas et al 2017 ).…”

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“…Studies to date mainly focused on the practical use of D. polymorpha as an efficient filter feeder ( Stańczykowska and Lewandowski 1993 ; Elliott et al 2008 ; McLaughlan and Aldridge 2013 ; Binelli et al 2014 ) or bioindicator ( Borcherding 2006 ; Kimbrough et al 2013 ). Moreover, the biology, ecology, and less often behavior of this species were also tested to create effective methods of preventing and controlling its invasion ( Kobak 2013 ; Collas et al 2017 ). Most of these studies assumed that the zebra mussel was extremely gregarious, forming dense 3-dimensional colonies ( Burks et al 2002 ) and aggregations of individuals byssally attached to one another, called “druses” ( Stańczykowska 1964 ).…”

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Happy together? Avoidance of conspecifics by gregarious mussels

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2017

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Zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha is a Ponto-Caspian species invasive in Europe and North America, with great environmental impact. It lives byssally attached to hard substrata in large aggregations, which is often explained by its preferences for conspecifics, though direct evidence for such preferences has been rather limited so far. We studied the reactions of zebra mussels to conspecifics, hypothesizing that they may either be attracted to one another or form aggregations only in the absence of alternative attachment sites. In Experiment 1, we tested mussel tendency to detach from existing druses depending on druse size (2–25 individuals) and substratum type (soft: sand; hard: glass). Mussels detached significantly more often on the hard substratum and from larger druses compared to soft substratum and smaller druses, respectively. This indicates that mussels tended to avoid conspecifics at high density, particularly when alternative substratum was available. In Experiment 2, we tested the responses of single mussels to distant (3 or 15 cm) conspecifics (0, 3, 15 individuals per 2.5 l tank) on the sandy substratum. The presence of conspecifics, regardless of their distance and density, resulted in single unattached mussels staying more often in their initial positions. Mussels did not move preferentially towards or away from the conspecifics. Thus, even on unsuitable substratum mussels were not attracted by conspecifics and probably exhibited an avoidance reaction by reducing their movement. This suggests that dense mussel aggregations are formed due to the lack of available alternative attachment sites rather than due to their preferences for conspecifics.

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“…These papers cover a wide variety of topics, from a review of ecosystem services provided by freshwater mussels (Vaughn, 2017) to papers describing the diversity patterns and conservation of Unionida in East and Southeast Asia (Zieritz et al, 2017) as a result of international collaboration. Seven papers focus on different biological aspects of invasive bivalve species, including diversity changes by species substitution , physiological aspects (Labecka & Domagala, 2016), dispersion (Collas et al, 2016), ecological effects on native bivalve species (Ferreira-Rodríguez et al, 2016), low palatability to distinct predators (Castro et al, 2017), metabolite emission suppression in zebra mussels exposed to predation stress (Antoł et al, 2017) and the use of a new sonar technology and underwater imagery analysis for the survey of FB in rivers (Mehler et al, 2016). Propagation as a conservation tool was the subject of three studies: one about an improved method of in vitro culture of glochidia (Ma et al, 2016), one introducing short-term breeding of the Endangered freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) as a new technique for the augmentation of declining populations (Moorkens, 2017) and one revising the challenges in the conservation progress of Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) .…”

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Conservation of freshwater bivalves at the global scale: diversity, threats and research needs

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Bivalves are ubiquitous members of freshwater ecosystems and responsible for important functions and services. The present paper revises freshwater bivalve diversity, conservation status and threats at the global scale and discusses future research needs and management actions. The diversity patterns are uneven across the globe with hotspots in the interior basin in the United States of America (USA), Central America, Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Freshwater bivalves are affected by multiple threats that vary across the globe; however, pollution and natural system (habitat) modifications being consistently found as the most impacting. Freshwater bivalves are among the most threatened groups in the world with 40% of the species being near threatened, threatened or extinct, and among them the order Unionida is the most endangered. We suggest that global cooperation between scientists, managers, politicians and general public, and application of new technologies (new generation sequencing and remote sensing, among others) will strengthen the quality of studies on the natural history and conservation of freshwater bivalves. Finally, we introduce

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Detachment rates of dreissenid mussels after boat hull-mediated overland dispersal

Cited by 24 publications

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The Genome of the Zebra Mussel,Dreissena polymorpha: A Resource for Invasive Species Research

The Genome of the Zebra Mussel,Dreissena polymorpha: A Resource for Invasive Species Research

Happy together? Avoidance of conspecifics by gregarious mussels

Conservation of freshwater bivalves at the global scale: diversity, threats and research needs

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