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Brazil scientists fear golden mussel threat to Amazon River

dc.contributor.authorBarchfield, Jenny
dc.coverage.spatialAmazon Riveren
dc.coverage.spatialSão Pauloen
dc.coverage.spatialBuenos Airesen
dc.coverage.spatialArgentinaen
dc.coverage.spatialMississippi Riveren
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-09T02:41:37Z
dc.date.available2018-11-09T02:41:37Z
dc.date.issued2015-02-12
dc.identifier.citationBarchfield, J. (2015, February 12). Brazil scientists fear golden mussel threat to Amazon River. Manila Bulletin, p. 12.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/2781
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherManila Bulletin Publishing Corporationen
dc.titleBrazil scientists fear golden mussel threat to Amazon Riveren
dc.typenewspaperArticleen
dc.citation.journaltitleManila Bulletinen
dc.citation.firstpage12en
local.subject.classificationMB20150212_12en
local.descriptionThe world’s mightiest waterway, the Amazon River, is threatened by the most diminutive of foes — a tiny mussel invading from China. Since hitching its way to South America in the early 1990s, the golden mussel has claimed new territory at alarming speeds, plowing through indigenous flora and fauna as it has spread to waters in five countries. Now, scientists fear the invasive species could make a jump into the Amazon, threatening one of the world’s unique ecological systems. The golden mussel, which commonly grows to no more than an inch in length, is a hardy breeder, reproducing nine months a year by releasing clouds of microscopic larvae that float with the current to new territories.en
local.subject.personalnameMacIsaac, Hugh
local.subject.personalnameda Silva, Marcela Uliano
local.subject.personalnamede Olivieira, Marcia Divina
local.subject.personalnamede Janeiro, Rio
local.subject.personalnameHamilton, Steve
local.subject.corporatenameUniversity of Windsoren
local.subject.corporatenameFederal University of Rio de Janeiroen
local.subject.corporatenameEmbrapa research agencyen
local.subject.corporatenameMichigan State Universityen
dc.subject.agrovocinvasive speciesen
dc.subject.agrovocaquatic molluscsen
dc.subject.agrovoclarvaeen
dc.subject.agrovocFilter feedersen
dc.subject.agrovocProliferationen
dc.subject.agrovocphosphorusen
dc.subject.agrovocnitrogenen
dc.subject.agrovocbiodiversityen
dc.subject.agrovocFreshwater fishen


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