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Dreissena

Known as: Dreissenas 
A genus of mussels in the family Dreissenidae, class BIVALVIA. They are found in both fresh and brackish water and are not native to North America… 
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Review
2009
Review
2009
Transformation of the offshore benthic community in Lake Michigan: recent shift from the native amphipod Diporeia spp. to the invasive mussel Dreissena rostriformis bugensis
SUMMARY 1. The native amphipod Diporeia spp. was once the dominant benthic organism in Lake Michigan and served as an important… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
Deepwater demersal fish community collapse in Lake Huron
Abstract Long-term fish community surveys were carried out in the Michigan waters of Lake Huron using bottom trawls from 1976 to… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Impacts of Dreissena invasions on benthic macroinvertebrate communities: a meta‐analysis
Dreissenid mussels (the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha and the quagga mussel Dreissena bugensis) have invaded lakes and rivers… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Molecular resolution of the family Dreissenidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) with emphasis on Ponto-Caspian species, including first report of Mytilopsis leucophaeata in the Black Sea basin.
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Impending extinctions of North American freshwater mussels (Unionoida) following the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) invasion
1.  Freshwater mussels (Order Unionoida) are the most imperiled faunal group in North America; 60% of described species are… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
A Review of the Biology and Ecology of the Quagga Mussel (Dreissena bugensis), a Second Species of Freshwater Dreissenid Introduced to North America
Synopsis. North America's Great Lakes have recently been invaded by two genetically and morphologically distinct species of… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
A diagnostic molecular marker for zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) and potentially co-occurring bivalves: mitochondrial COI.
We report diagnostic differences in the nucleotide sequences of a 710-bp fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Predicting the intensity and impact of Dreissena infestation on native unionid bivalves from Dreissena field density
Introduced dreissenid mussels (Dreissena polyrnorphda and Dreissena bugensis) foul native unionid bivalves by attaching to their… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Filtering impacts of larval and sessile zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) in western Lake Erie
SummaryWe assessed the feeding biology of veliger larvae of the introduced zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha Pallas) in… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Influence of food size and food quantity on the feeding of the mussel Dreissena polymorpha
SummaryIn common with many other suspension feeders, the freshwater mussel Dreissena polymorpha has a maximum filtration rate at… 
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