A note on sampling technique and evidence of recruitment in freshwater mussels (Unionidae)

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 135-140

  Richardson, Terry D ^a   Yokley Jr , Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA   (United States)

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