Abstract
The introduced dark false mussel, Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831) has spread in the northern Baltic Sea
Highlights
The dark false mussel Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831) is a member of the family Dreissenidae and originates from the Gulf of Mexico (Marelli and Gray 1983; Kennedy 2011)
M. leucophaeata in the northern Baltic Sea was restricted to areas receiving cooling water discharge from nuclear power plants
All of the previous detections of M. leucophaeata in the northern Baltic Sea are from areas which receive cooling water discharge from nuclear power plants
Summary
The dark false mussel Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831) is a member of the family Dreissenidae and originates from the Gulf of Mexico (Marelli and Gray 1983; Kennedy 2011). The previous records of this species in the northern Baltic Sea were from areas close to nuclear power plant cooling water discharges. This rapid population growth may be due to the introduced populations occuring in warm waters discharged from nuclear power plants (Verween et al 2005; Laine et al 2006; Laine and Urho 2007; Florin et al 2013). We present occurrence data of M. leucophaeata in the Archipelago Sea (the northern Baltic Sea) between 2011 and 2015 This is the first finding of M. leucophaeata in the northern Baltic Sea outside of a nuclear power plant cooling water discharge area
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