Growth and age structure of the swan mussel Anodonta cygnea (L.) at different depths in lake Mattsee (Salzburg, Austria)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 341, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-70

  Müller, Doris ^a   Patzner, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

age structure; Anodonta cygnea; growth rate; water depth

Indexed keywords

ANODONTA CYGNEA; BIVALVIA; CYGNUS; UNIONIDAE;

AGE STRUCTURE; SWAN MUSSEL;

AUSTRIA, SALZBURG, LAKE MATTSEE;

EID: 0030299145     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf00012304     Document Type: Article

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