Factors influencing the distribution and abundance of the endangered winged mapleleaf mussel Quadrula fragosa in the St. Croix River, Minnesota and Wisconsin

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 278-286

  Hornbach, Daniel J ^a   March, James G ^a,c   Deneka, Tony ^a   Troelstrup Jr , Nels H ^b,d   Perry, James A ^b  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUADRULA FRAGOSA; QUADRULA QUADRULA; TRUNCILLA DONACIFORMIS; TRUNCILLA TRUNCATA;

EID: 0030458271     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2426732     Document Type: Article

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