Changes in the freshwater mussel community of Lake St. Clair: From Unionidae to Dreissena polymorpha in eight years

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 354-369

  Nalepa, Thomas F ^a   Hartson, David J ^b   Gostenik, Gerald W ^b   Fanslow, David L ^a   Lang, Gregory A ^a  

^a NOAA GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

biomass; density; Lake St. Clair; native mussels; trends; Unionids; zebra mussels

Indexed keywords

DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; BIVALVIA; UNIONIDAE;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; INTRODUCED MUSSEL; POPULATION INCREASE; ZEBRA MUSSEL;

NORTH AMERICA, GREAT LAKES, LAKE ST CLAIR;

EID: 0029661045     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(96)70961-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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