Group publications
Zieritz, A., Checa, A.G., Aldridge, D.C. & Harper, E.M. (in press). Variability, function and phylogenetic significance of periostracal microprojections in unionoid bivalves. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. doi:10.1111/j.1439‐0469.2010.00583.x
zu Ermgassen, P.S.E. & Aldridge D.C. (2011) Predation by the invasive American signal crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus Dana, on the invasive zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha Pallas: the potential for control and facilitation. Hydrobiologia, 658, 303-315. doi:10.1007/s10750-010-0500-8
zu Ermgassen, P.S.E. & Aldridge, D.C. (2010) The zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) impacts European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus) load in a host freshwater mussel (Unio pictorum). Hydrobiologia, 654, 83-92. doi:10.1007/s10750-010-0371-z
Spann, N., Harper, E.M. & Aldridge, D.C. (2010) The unusual mineral vaterite in shells of the freshwater bivalve Corbicula fluminea from the UK. Naturwissenschaften, 97, 743-751. doi:10.1007/s00114-010-0692-9
Skidmore, R., Leach, C., Hoffman, J., Amos, W. & Aldridge, D.C. (2010) Conservation genetics of the endangered depressed river mussels, Pseudanodonta complanata, using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 20, 560-567. doi: 10.1002/aqc.1131
Hoffman, J.I., Peck, L.S., Hillyard, G., Zieritz, A. & Clark, M.S. (2010). No evidence for genetic differentiation between Antarctic limpet Nacella concinna morphotypes. Marine Biology, 157, 765‐778. doi:10.1007/s00227‐009‐1360‐5
Zieritz, A., Hoffman, J.I., Amos, W. & Aldridge, D.C. (2010) Phenotypic plasticity and genetic isolation-by-distance in the freshwater mussel Unio pictorum (Mollusca: Unionoida). Evolutionary Ecology, 24, 923-938. doi:10.1007/s10682-009-9350-0
Keller, R.P., zu Ermgassen, P.S.E. & Aldridge, D.C. (2009) Vectors and timing of freshwater invasions in Great Britain. Conservation Biology, 23, 1526-1534. doi:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01249.x
Sousa, R., Gutierrez, J.L. & Aldridge, D.C. (2009) Non-indigenous invasive bivalves as ecosystem engineers. Biological Invasions, 11, 2367-2385. doi:10.1007/s10530-009-9422-7
Zieritz, A. & Aldridge, D.C. (2009) Identification of ecophenotypic trends within three European freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida) using traditional and modern morphometric techniques. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 98, 814-825. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01329.x
Aldridge, D. C., Salazar, M., Serna, A. & Cock, J. (2008) Density-dependent effects of a new invasive false mussel, Mytilopsis trautwineana (Tryon 1866), on shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone 1931), aquaculture in Colombia. Aquaculture, 281, 34-42. doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2008.05.022
Costa, R., Aldridge, D.C. & Moggridge, G.D. (2008) Seasonal variation of zebra mussel susceptibility to molluscicidal agents. Journal of Applied Ecology, 45, 1712-1721. doi:10.1016/j.watres.2007.10.020
Elliott, P. & zu Ermgassen, P.S.E. (2008) The Asian clam (Corbicula fluminea) in the River Thames, London, England. Aquatic Invasions, 3, 54-60. doi:10.3391/ai.2008.3.1.9
McIvor, A.L. & Aldridge, D.C. (2007) The reproductive biology of the Depressed river mussel, Pseudanodonta complanata (Bivalvia: Unionidae), with implications for its conservation. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 73, 259-266. doi: 10.1093/mollus/eym023
Aldridge, D.C., Fayle, T. & Jackson, N. (2007) Freshwater mussel abundance predicts biodiversity in UK lowland rivers. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 17: 554-564. doi: 10.1002/aqc.815
Aldridge, D.C., Moggridge, G.D. & Elliott, P. (2006) Microencapsulated BioBullets for the control of biofouling zebra mussels. Environmental Science and Technology, 40, 975-979. doi: 10.1021/es050614+
Elliott, P., Aldridge, D.C., Moggridge, G.D. & Chipps, M. (2005). The increasing effects of zebra mussels on water installations in England. Water and the Environment Journal, 19: 367-375. doi: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2005.tb00575.x
Killeen, I.J., Aldridge, D.C. & Oliver, P.G. (2004) Freshwater Bivalves of Britain and Ireland. FSC, AIDGAP Occasional Publication 82, 114 pp.
Aldridge, D.C., Elliott, P.E. & Moggridge, G.D. (2004) The recent and rapid spread of the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) in Great Britain. Biological Conservation, 199, 253-261. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2003.11.008
Aldridge, D.C. (2004a). Conservation of freshwater unionid mussels in Britain. Journal of Conchology, Special Publication No. 3, 81-90.
Aldridge, D.C. (2004b). The Bitterling. In Freshwater Fishes in Britain: the Species and their Distribution (Eds. G. Davies, J. Shelley, J. Harding, I MacLean, R. Gardiner & G. Pierson). pp. 84-86 Harley Books, Colchester.
Aldridge, D.C. & McIvor, A.L. (2003) Gill evacuation and release of glochidia by Unio pictorum and Unio tumidus under thermal and hypoxic stress. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 69, 55-59. doi: 10.1093/mollus/69.1.55
Aldridge, D.C. & Müller, S.J. (2001) The Asiatic clam, Corbicula fluminea, in Britain: current status and potential threats. Journal of Conchology, 37, 177-184.
Aldridge, D.C. (2000) The impacts of dredging and weed cutting on a population of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae). Biological Conservation, 95, 247-257. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3207(00)00045-8
Aldridge, D.C. (1999a) Development of European bitterling in the gills of freshwater mussels. Journal of Fish Biology 54, 138-151. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1999.tb00618.x
Aldridge, D.C. (1999b) The morphology, growth and reproduction of Unionidae (Bivalvia) in a fenland waterway. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 65, 47-60. doi: 10.1093/mollus/65.1.47
Aldridge, D.C. & Horne, D.C. (1998) Fossil glochidia (Bivalvia, Unionidae): identification and value in palaeoenvironmental reconstructions. Journal of Micropalaeontology, 17, 179-182. doi: 10.1144/jm.17.2.179
Reynolds, J.D., Aldridge, D.C. & Debuse, V.J. (1997) Host specialisation in an unusual symbiosis: European bitterlings spawning in freshwater mussels. Oikos, 78, 539-545. Link
