Seasonal variation in vertical and horizontal movement of the freshwater bivalve Elliptio complanata (Mollusca: Unionidae)

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 345-354

  Amyot, Jean Pierre ^a   Downing, John A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELLIPTIO COMPLANATA; BIVALVIA;

MOVEMENT; MUSSEL; SEASONALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030618953     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1997.00158.x     Document Type: Article

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