Distribution of invasive scud, Apocorophium lacustre (Vanhoffen, 1911) in the Illinois Waterway, USA: Do habitat and water quality variables influence spatial distribution and relative abundance?

• Published in: Aquatic Invasions
• Main Authors: Henry,Trent, Harris,Brandon, Smith,Bradley, Keller,Reuben, Lamer,James
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre 2024
• Subjects: invasive amphipods; invertebrates; Illinois River; large rivers; Mississippi River Basin; Scud; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2024.19.2.121730; https://aquaticinvasions.arphahub.com/article/121730/; https://aquaticinvasions.arphahub.com/article/121730/download/pdf/

Apocorophium lacustre – a species of benthic amphipod native to American and European estuaries along the North Atlantic Ocean – has rapidly expanded outside of its native range and is now established in the Illinois, Upper Mississippi, and Ohio river systems, USA. A. lacustre is considered high ris...