Binglin Deng will present her doctoral research "Enemy release hypothesis as explanation to the success of invasive freshwater bivalves".
ABSTRACT:Bio-invasion is one of the leading causes of species endangerment, biogenic homogenization and biodiversity loss. Freshwater mussel is the one of the most endangered animal groups worldwide, and invasive species have post negative impact on local mussel species. Enemy release hypothesis (ERH) posit that invaders are released from their natural enemy, e.g. predators and parasites; ERH is most studied hypothesis in bio invasion. In my study, I focused on perspective of parasites and applied ERH as an explanation to the success of invasive freshwater bivalves, C. fluminea and S. woodiana, by comparing parasite pressure between their original range and invaded range, also comparing parasite pressure between invaders and sympatric local mussels in the same water body.
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