Jan Van Diepen’s research while affiliated with University of Amsterdam and other places

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Publications (1)

Zebra mussels and polystyrene
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December 1985

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Hydrobiological Bulletin

Jan Van Diepen

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Cees Davids

The growth of settled and metamorphosed larvae of the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) is clearly retarded when polystyrene plates are used as a substrate compared with the growth of those forms attached to PVC plates. Possibly, low molecular weight compounds are released into the aquatic environment by the polystyrene and these materials may have a strongly adverse effect upon the growth of young zebra mussels. There is no difference in colonization of young mussels between PVC and polystyrene plates if these plates are sufficiently overgrown with bacteria and algae.

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... Indeed, biological invasions can also occur in low-resource systems (Funk and Vitousek 2007), and recent meta-analyses suggest that invasive species are successful in both low-and high-nutrient environments (González et al. 2010). For instance, zebra mussels are found in both nutrient rich and relatively nutrient-poor lakes (e.g., Van Diepen and Davids 1976;Claudi and Mackie 1994). However, zebra mussel invasion success is also limited by inadequate calcium concentration (Strayer 2009;Naddafi et al. 2011) and extreme temperature (i.e., very cold or very warm waters) (Strayer 2009). ...

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Variation in tissue stoichiometry and condition of zebra mussels in invaded Swedish lakes
Zebra mussels and polystyrene
  • Citing Article

  • December 1985

Hydrobiological Bulletin

Jan Van Diepen

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Cees Davids