Potamocorbula amurensis

Brown, C.L. and S.N. Luoma. 1995. Use of the euryhaline bivalve Potamocorbula amurensis as a biosentinel species to assess trace metal contamination in San Francisco Bay. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 124 129-142. 

Figure 6. Time courses in the retention of 51 Cr beads in the bivalves, Potamocorbula amurensis and Macoma balthica. During the lag period there was no significant release. Modified from [89]...

Decho, A. W. and Luoma, S. N. (1991). Time-courses in the retention of food material in the bivalves Potamocorbula amurensis and Macoma balthica significance to the absorption of carbon and chromium, Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 78, 303-314. 

Asian clam, Potamocorbula amurensis, in 1987 (Carlton et al., 1990). The invasive Asian Date mussel, Musculista senhousia, has invaded the west coast of the United States altering community dynamics, and has now spread to Western Australia, New Zealand, and the Mediterranean (Mistri, 2002). One of the more notable bivalve invasions, by the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha), has proven to be as devastating and expansive across U.S. rivers, lakes, and estuaries as predicted in early studies (Strayer and Smith, 1993). For example, these mussels can filter a volume of water equivalent to the entire freshwater region of the Hudson River about every 2 d this has dramatically altered the total suspended load and the phytoplankton community (Roditi et al., 1996). Similarly, invasion of wetland plant species, such as Phragmites australis, has resulted in displacement of dominant marsh Spartina spp. along the eastern U.S. coast (see more in chapter 8) (Chambers et al., 2003). 

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