Zebra mussel infestation of unionid bivalves (unionidae) in North America

American Zoologist

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 300-310

  Schloesser, Don W ^a   Nalepa, Thomas F ^b   Mackie, Gerald L ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIZOIC COLONIZATION; INTRODUCED MUSSEL; MORTALITY; ZEBRA MUSSEL;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH AMERICA, GREAT LAKES;

BIVALVIA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 0030429766     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/36.3.300     Document Type: Article

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