Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1978
Keywords
Corbicula fluminea; Introduced organisms; Minnesota River (S.D. and Minn.)
Abstract
On March 2, 1978, several empty shells of the fresh water clam, Corbicula manilensis Phillipi, were collected in the Minnesota River near the Blackdog electric generating plant in Burnsville, Minnesota. Since this Asiatic species was first observed in America in 1935, it has spread into all major river systems of North America. Its northernly extension in the Mississippi River system was, however, thought to end in northeast Iowa and to exclude Minnesota. Occurrence of this species is a potential liability because it often exerts a disruptive influence in the community that it invades.
First Page
13
Last Page
14
Recommended Citation
Cummings, S. E.,
&
Jones, J. A.
(1978).
Occurrence of Corbicula manilensis Phillipi in the Lower Minnesota River.
Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science, Vol. 44 No.3, 13-14.
Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/jmas/vol44/iss3/5
Primo Type
Article