Many invasive species have been introduced into new areas in this manner, including the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha), pictured here.    From Wordnik.com.  [Invasion fact sheet] Reference

& Rasmussen, J.B. “Impending extinctions of North American freshwater mussels (Unionida) following the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) invasion.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Freshwater mussels in North America - factors affecting their endangerment and extinction] Reference

Amongst those of the first we may instance Limnoea stagnalis, palustris, peregra, etc, Dreissena polymorpha, Planorbis corneus, etc.; the various Unios, anodons, and many others.    From Wordnik.com.  [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference

The zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) was introduced to North America in the early 1990s and has been spreading throughout the Mississippi river basin, which contains the largest number of endemic mussels in the world.    From Wordnik.com.  [Freshwater mussels in North America - factors affecting their endangerment and extinction] Reference

A species 'arrival may be spectacular, as in the case of zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) in the Great Lakes or the comb jelly Mnemiopsis leidyi in Europe, or it may go unnoticed in the absence of molecular tools and careful monitoring.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aquatic invasive species] Reference

Dreissena are stripping the P from the water column through feeding on Chl.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Zebra mussels, Dreissena polymorpha, are native to the Caspian and Black Seas.    From Wordnik.com.  [ENS] Reference

Thus, Dreissena can be surmised to have low P demands and thus be less sensitive to P deficiency.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

The invading zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha, has a different reproductive system than North American bivalves.    From Wordnik.com.  [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference

The zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) has been well known for its expertise in attaching to substances under the water.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

But a previous study also demonstrated a higher range of variability in C: P ratio of Dreissena than that of invertebrates such as snails.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas) in laboratory experiments and in Lake Constance: I. Pattern of activity, feeding and assimilation efficiency.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Dreissena are not restricted in the range of their body mass stoichiometry and may not be P limited if they graze on seston (supporting our second hypothesis).    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Dreissena, of living species; and in clay brought up from below the sand, shells of Tellina, Lutraria, and Cardium, all of species now inhabiting the adjoining sea.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Antiquity of Man] Reference

Signi fi cant populations of the quagga mussel comparison of up to 11 probes from participating data col - (Dreissena bugensis) were discovered throughout Boulder lection groups at the same time and place.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

As the Dreissena is believed by conchologists to have been introduced into Western Europe in very modern times, brought with foreign timber in the holds of vessels from the rivers flowing into the Black Sea, the layer of sand containing it in the Haarlem lake is probably not more than a hundred years old.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Antiquity of Man] Reference

Dreissena polymorpha) in the Great Lakes or the comb jelly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference

Dreissena polymorpha) on phytoplankton community composition.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Of the 150 species in Ireland, 15 are invasive, including the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha), which is outcompeting native swan mussels and duck mussels (.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American] Reference

(1997) The effects of Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas) invasion on aquatic communities in eastern Europe.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Dreissena polymorpha) in western Lake Erie.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference