Effects Of The Invasive Freshwater Mussel Limnoperna Fortunei On Sediment Properties And Accumulation Rates

Environmental data and results of an experiment conducted in the vicinity of the Río de la Plata Estuary (Argentina), aimed at assessing the influence of the invasive mussel Limnoperna fortunei on sediment properties and accumulation rates. In the experiment, eighteen 20 L flow-through experimental units with and without mussels were used monitoring where changes in the mass and characteristics of the sediments accumulated throughout a yearly cycle in monthly, biannual and annual intervals.