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List of works by Ronaldo Sousa

A global synthesis of ecosystem services provided and disrupted by freshwater bivalve molluscs

scientific article published in 2022

A systematic review of invasive non‐native freshwater bivalves

scientific article published in 2024

A tale of shells and claws: The signal crayfish as a threat to the pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera in Europe

scientific article published in May 2019

Abiotic impacts on spatial and temporal distribution of Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) in the River Minho estuary, Portugal

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An exploration of the hidden endosymbionts of Corbicula in the native range

scientific article published in 2022

Assessing the morphological variability of Unio delphinus Spengler, 1783 (Bivalvia: Unionidae) using geometric morphometry

scientific article published in 2013

Associated macrozoobenthos with the invasive Asian clam Corbicula fluminea

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Biological invasions and ecosystem functioning: time to merge

scholarly article by Ronaldo Sousa published in February 2011

Biology and conservation of freshwater bivalves: past, present and future perspectives

Biotic homogenization as a threat to native affiliate species: fish introductions dilute freshwater mussel's host resources

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Changes and drivers of freshwater mussel diversity and distribution in northern Borneo

scientific article published in March 2018

Collapse of native freshwater mussel populations: Prospects of a long-term study

scientific article published in 2023

Combined per‐capita and abundance effects of an invasive species on native invertebrate diversity and a key ecosystem process

scientific article published in 2022

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

Conservation status of freshwater mussels in Europe: state of the art and future challenges

scientific article published on 04 January 2016

Conservation status of the freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera in Portugal

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Contrasting decay rates of freshwater bivalves’ shells: Aquatic versus terrestrial habitats

Contrasting morphological and DNA barcode-suggested species boundaries among shallow-water amphipod fauna from the southern European Atlantic coast

scientific article published on 21 October 2016

Current and future effects of global change on a hotspot's freshwater diversity

scientific article published on 24 April 2018

Decay and persistence of empty bivalve shells in a temperate riverine system

scientific article published on 17 May 2019

Development and multiplexing of microsatellite loci for the near threatened freshwater mussel Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) using 454 sequencing

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Die-offs of the endangered pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera during an extreme drought

Differences in substratum preferences and behaviour within the invasive <i>Corbicula</i> species complex

scientific article published in 2023

Differences in the macrozoobenthic fauna colonising empty bivalve shells before and after invasion by Corbicula fluminea

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Dimension and impact of biases in funding for species and habitat conservation

scientific article published in 2022

Direct and indirect effects of an invasive omnivore crayfish on leaf litter decomposition

scientific article published on October 2015

Distribution of Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) in the invaded range: a geographic approach with notes on species traits variability

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Diversity, biogeography and conservation of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida) in East and Southeast Asia

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Ecological quality assessment of the lower Lima Estuary

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Ecological status of a Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) population at the southern edge of its distribution (River Paiva, Portugal).

scientific article published on 3 July 2013

Ecology and conservation of freshwater fish: time to act for a more effective management

scientific article published in 2014

Ecology of southern European pearl mussels (Margaritifera margaritifera): first record of two new populations on the rivers Terva and Beça (Portugal)

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Ecology of the invasive Asian clam Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) in aquatic ecosystems: an overview

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Effects of intrapopulation phenotypic traits of invasive crayfish on leaf litter processing

scientific article published on 30 April 2018

Effects of invasive aquatic carrion on soil chemistry and terrestrial microbial communities

Effects of invasive clam (<i>Corbicula fluminea</i>) die‐offs on the structure and functioning of freshwater ecosystems

scientific article published in 2017

Effects of the invasive clam Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) on an estuarine microbial community

scientific article

Empty native and invasive bivalve shells as benthic habitat modifiers in a large river

Expansion and systematics redefinition of the most threatened freshwater mussel family, the Margaritiferidae

scientific article published on 03 May 2018

Facilitation in the low intertidal: effects of an invasive species on the structure of an estuarine macrozoobenthic assemblage

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Factors Affecting Pisidium amnicum (Müller, 1774; Bivalvia: Sphaeriidae) Distribution in the River Minho Estuary: Consequences for its Conservation

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Factors driving changes in freshwater mussel (Bivalvia, Unionida) diversity and distribution in Peninsular Malaysia

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Factors influencing epibenthic assemblages in the Minho Estuary (NW Iberian Peninsula).

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Fine-scale determinants of conservation value of river reaches in a hotspot of native and non-native species diversity.

scientific article

First record of the freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii Lankester, 1880 in Greece suggests distinct European invasion events

First results on the genetic diversity of the invasive signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus (Dana, 1852) in Europe using novel microsatellite loci

scientific article published on February 2015

Fish and mussels: Importance of fish for freshwater mussel conservation

Fishing for hosts: Larval spurting by the endangered thick‐shelled river mussel, <scp><i>U</i></scp><i>nio</i><scp><i>c</i></scp><i>rassus</i>

scientific article published in 2023

Fouling of European freshwater bivalves (Unionidae) by the invasive zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha)

Freshwater conservation assessments in (semi-)arid regions: Testing river intermittence and buffer strategies using freshwater mussels (Bivalvia, Unionida) in Morocco

scientific article published in 2019

Freshwater mollusc assemblages and habitat associations in the Danube River drainage, Hungary

From water to land: How an invasive clam may function as a resource pulse to terrestrial invertebrates

scientific article published on 29 August 2015

Genetic and shell morphological variability of the invasive bivalve Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) in two Portuguese estuaries

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Genetic diversity of the pan-European freshwater musselAnodonta anatina(Bivalvia: Unionoida) based on CO1: new phylogenetic insights and implications for conservation

scholarly article by Elsa Froufe et al published 23 April 2014 in Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Growth and extremely high production of the non-indigenous invasive species Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774): Possible implications for ecosystem functioning

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Growth and production of Pisidium amnicum in the freshwater tidal area of the River Minho estuary

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Habitat modifications by sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus) during the spawning season: effects on sediments

scholarly article in Journal of Applied Ichthyology, vol. 28 no. 5, June 2012

Identifying freshwater priority areas for cross-taxa interactions

scientific article published in 2023

Impact of Dreissena fouling on the physiological condition of native and invasive bivalves: interspecific and temporal variations

Impacts of biological invasions: what's what and the way forward

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Impacts of climate change and land-use scenarios on Margaritifera margaritifera, an environmental indicator and endangered species.

scientific article published on 7 January 2015

Influence of the invasive Asian clam Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae) on estuarine epibenthic assemblages

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Inter- and intraspecific variation of carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios in freshwater bivalves

Invasive Chinese pond mussel Sinanodonta woodiana threatens native mussel reproduction by inducing cross-resistance of host fish

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Invasive bivalves in fresh waters: impacts from individuals to ecosystems and possible control strategies

scholarly article by Ronaldo Sousa published in January 2013

Invasive crayfishes as a threat to freshwater bivalves: Interspecific differences and conservation implications

Invasive dynamics of the crayfishProcambarus clarkii(Girard, 1852) in the international section of the River Minho (NW of the Iberian Peninsula)

Invasive dynamics of the signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus in a protected area

scientific article published on 22 November 2024

Is the body condition of the invasive zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) enhanced through attachment to native freshwater mussels (Bivalvia, Unionidae)?

scientific article

LIVRO DE RESUMOS DO X SIMPÓSIO IBÉRICO SOBRE A BACIA HIDROGRÁFICA DO RIO MINHO

scientific article published in 2021

Lifting the curtain on the freshwater mussel diversity of the Italian Peninsula and Croatian Adriatic coast

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Low Genetic Diversity and High Invasion Success of Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia, Corbiculidae) (Müller, 1774) in Portugal. ⬇️

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Major shortfalls impairing knowledge and conservation of freshwater molluscs

scientific article published on 02 June 2021

Massive die-offs of freshwater bivalves as resource pulses

Massive mortality of invasive bivalves as a potential resource subsidy for the adjacent terrestrial food web

Massive mortality of the Asian clam Corbicula fluminea in a highly invaded area

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Mesozoic mitogenome rearrangements and freshwater mussel (Bivalvia: Unionoidea) macroevolution

scientific article published on 14 June 2019

Microcondylaea bonellii as a new host for the European bitterling Rhodeus amarus

scientific article published on 16 January 2020

Minho River tidal freshwater wetlands: threats to faunal biodiversity

Negative effects of Corbicula fluminea over native freshwater mussels

Newly developed microsatellite markers for the pan-European duck mussel, Anodonta anatina:revisiting the main mitochondrial lineages

Non-indigenous invasive bivalves as ecosystem engineers

Non-native freshwater fauna in Portugal: A review

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Oued Bouhlou: A new hope for the Moroccan pearl mussel

Palatability of the Asian clam Corbicula fluminea (Müller 1774) in an invaded system

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Pearl mussels (Margaritifera marocana) in Morocco: Conservation status of the rarest bivalve in African fresh waters

scientific article published on 11 January 2016

Phylogeny of the most species-rich freshwater bivalve family (Bivalvia: Unionida: Unionidae): Defining modern subfamilies and tribes

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Phylogeny, phylogeography, and evolution in the Mediterranean region: News from a freshwater mussel (Potomida, Unionida).

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Physical legacy of freshwater bivalves: Effects of habitat complexity on the taxonomical and functional diversity of invertebrates

scientific article published on 18 April 2018

Potential impacts of the invasive species Corbicula fluminea on the survival of glochidia

scientific article published on 05 April 2019

Rapid decline of the greater European peaclam at the periphery of its distribution

Reproductive cycle and strategy of Anodonta anatina (L., 1758): notes on hermaphroditism

scientific article published on 17 June 2013

Research priorities for freshwater mussel conservation assessment

Salinity tolerance of marbled crayfish Procambarus fallax f. virginalis

Seasonal changes in fish assemblages in the River Minho tidal freshwater wetlands, NW of the Iberian Peninsula

Secondary production as a tool for better understanding of aquatic ecosystems

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Setting the stage for new ecological indicator species: A holistic case study on the Iberian dolphin freshwater mussel Unio delphinus Spengler, 1793

scientific article published on 17 December 2019

Small hydropower plants as a threat to the endangered pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera

scientific article published on 19 February 2020

Spatial Subtidal Macrobenthic Distribution in Relation to Abiotic Conditions in the Lima Estuary, NW of Portugal

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Spatial and temporal dynamics of Corbicula fluminea (Muller, 1774) in relation to environmental variables in the Mondego Estuary (Portugal)

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Spatial distribution of bivalves in relation to environmental conditions (middle Danube catchment, Hungary)

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Spatio-temporal and intra-specific variations in the physiological and biochemical condition of the invasive bivalve Corbicula fluminea

scientific article published in 2021

Species composition and monthly variation of the Molluscan fauna in the freshwater subtidal area of the River Minho estuary

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Starting a DNA barcode reference library for shallow water polychaetes from the southern European Atlantic coast

scientific article published on 30 June 2015

Subtidal macrozoobenthic assemblages along the River Minho estuarine gradient (north-west Iberian Peninsula)

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Synopsis of the European Freshwater Mussels: Pseudunio auricularius (Spengler, 1793), the Giant Freshwater Pearl Mussel

scientific article published on 16 July 2024

Temperature and interspecific competition alter the impacts of two invasive crayfish species on a key ecosystem process

scientific article published in 2022

The first Margaritiferidae male (M-type) mitogenome: mitochondrial gene order as a potential character for determining higher-order phylogeny within Unionida (Bivalvia)

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The male and female complete mitochondrial genome sequences of the Endangered freshwater mussel Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) (Bivalvia: Unionidae).

scientific article published on 19 August 2015

The male and female complete mitochondrial genomes of the threatened freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) (Bivalvia: Margaritiferidae)

The role of anthropogenic habitats in freshwater mussel conservation

scientific article published on 19 March 2021

The strange case of the tetragenous Anodonta anatina

scientific article published on 3 November 2015

Toward an integrated ecosystem perspective of invasive species impacts

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Translocation as an ultimate conservation measure for the long-term survival of a critically endangered freshwater mussel

scientific article published in 2022

Trophic niche overlap between native freshwater mussels (Order: Unionida) and the invasive <scp><i>Corbicula fluminea</i></scp>

scientific article published in 2021

What we know and do not know about the invasive Asian clam Corbicula fluminea

scientific article published in 2023

Who lives where? Molecular and morphometric analyses clarify which Unio species (Unionida, Mollusca) inhabit the southwestern Palearctic

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