Shell morphometry and tissue condition of amblema plicata (say, 1817) from the upper mississippi river

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 233-240

  Hornbach, Daniel J ^a   Deneka, Tony ^a   Payne, Barry S ^b   Miller, Andrew C ^b  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION   (United States)

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EID: 0009529486     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.1996.9663483     Document Type: Article

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