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| Title | The invasive potential of the freshwater assassin-snail |
| Group | Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management Group |
| Project type | thesis |
| Credits | variable |
| Supervisor(s) | Ivo Roessink (Wageningen Environmental Research)
Edwin Peeters (WU-AEW) |
| Examiner(s) | Edwin Peeters |
| Contact info | Edwin Peeters (0317-483899; Edwin.Peeters@wur.nl ) |
| Begin date | 2018/02/01 |
| End date | 2020/12/31 |
| Description | Imported for the aquarium hobby the so-called ‘assassin-snail’ (Clea helena) quickly takes care of any snail invasions of your tank. The potential of this exotic species to invade Dutch surface waters is yet unknown as are its effects on indigenous mollusc populations. In this research topics comprising hunting strategies, prey selection, reproduction and invasive potential can be subject of investigation but other related areas are not excluded. The experiments will be carried out in the laboratory at Wageningen Environmental Research in Wageningen, The Netherlands. |
| Used skills | literature review, laboratory experiments |
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