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Title: | INTRODUCTION AND IMPACTS OF FRESHWATER GASTROPODS IN SINGAPORE | Authors: | NG TING HUI | Keywords: | aquatic snails; introduced species; Southeast Asia; Ampullariidae | Issue Date: | 11-Aug-2016 | Citation: | NG TING HUI (2016-08-11). INTRODUCTION AND IMPACTS OF FRESHWATER GASTROPODS IN SINGAPORE. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. | Abstract: | Freshwater molluscs in Singapore are almost exclusively found in man-made and human-impacted habitats. My thesis examines the origins and potential impacts of introduced freshwater gastropods in Singapore. Firstly, I conducted a review of introduced freshwater molluscs in Southeast Asia, followed by a morphological and molecular study of the biodiversity of freshwater molluscs in the ornamental pet trade, a key introduction pathway for these animals. I then investigated the diversity and distribution of native and introduced apple snails (Ampullariidae) in Singapore, and specifically the current distribution and genetic diversity of a human commensal and cryptogenic species, Pila scutata, in the Malay Peninsula. I also investigated the potential impacts of South American Pomacea species on Southeast Asian Pila species through comparative dietary and feeding rates. Additionally, I clarified the previously-confused identity of two long-naturalised freshwater snails, and reported the presence of two recently-introduced species in Singapore. | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/134404 |
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