Thesiss

In recent times, diminishing freshwater resources, due to the rapidly increasing drain of urban, industrial and agricultural activities in combination with the impact of climate change, has led to an urgent need to manage marine and brackish water environments more efficiently. …

The genus Dreissena includes two widespread and aggressive aquatic invaders, the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha and the quagga mussel D. bugensis . This genus evolved in the Ponto-Caspian Sea basin, characterized by dynamic instability over multiple time scales and a unique e…