Limnetica 37
FIRST RECORD OF SYNIDOTEA LATICAUDA BENEDICT, 1897 (CRUSTACEA: ISOPODA) IN THE GUADIANA ESTUARY (SW IBERIAN PENINSULA)
Carlos Nuño, María Peg, Andrés Mellado-Díaz, Jorge Rubén Sánchez-González and Manuel Toro
2018
37
2
173-179
DOI:
10.23818/limn.37.14
Cita:
The exotic isopod species Synidotea laticauda B. 1897 is first reported in the Guadiana estuary, where it was detected, during 2009 and 2010, in the middle section (12-20 km from the mouth) and in the lower part of the upper sections (20-70 km from the mouth), where the species presented its optimal temperature and conductivity ranges between 11 ºC and 21 ºC and between 20 000 and 25 000 µS/cm. The absence of freshwater flood events due to the construction of the Alqueva reservoir, and the intense ship traffic along the estuary may have been decisive for the introduction and establishment of this alien species
