Predation or Omnivory—Two Different Feeding Patterns Displayed by Two Intraspecific Groups of the Invasive Ponto–Caspian Amphipod—Dikerogammarus villosus
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DOI: 10.1111/fwb.70021
Abstract: Dikerogammarus villosus (Sowinsky, 1894) is a Ponto–Caspian amphipod expanding in European freshwaters and posing a threat to biological diversity through several biological and behavioural traits, including high carnivory and voracity. The species spreads in Europe… read more here.
Keywords: food; group; dikerogammarus villosus; amphipod ... See more keywords
Rapid expansion and facilitating factors of the Ponto-Caspian invader Dikerogammarus villosus within the eastern Baltic Sea
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DOI: 10.3391/ai.2019.14.2.02
Abstract: Dikerogammarus villosus, an amphipod of Ponto-Caspian origin, has recently and rapidly spread along Baltic coastal lagoons and estuaries. By 2016 it had invaded Russian (Kaliningrad region), Lithuanian and Latvian waters, but was not recorded from… read more here.
Keywords: dikerogammarus villosus; eastern baltic; baltic sea; expansion ... See more keywords