Reproductive biology of four freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) endemic to eastern Gulf Coastal Plain drainages of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia

American Malacological Bulletin

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 147-158

  O'Brien, Christine A ^a   Williams, James D ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endangered and threatened species; Freshwater mussel; Glochidia; Host fish; Reproductive biology; Shell morphology; Unionidae

Indexed keywords

AMBLEMA NEISLERII; BIVALVIA; ELLIPTOIDEUS SLOATIANUS; EPIOBLASMA BREVIDENS; ETHEOSTOMA EDWINI; GLOCHIDIA; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; LEPOMIS MICROLOPHUS; MEDIONIDUS PENICILLATUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; NOTROPIS TEXANUS; PERCINA NIGROFASCIATA; PISCES; PLEUROBEMA PYRIFORME; PTERONOTROPIS HYPSELOPTERUS; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 0012295948     PISSN: 07402783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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