Conservation genetics of North American freshwater mussels Amblema and Megalonaias

Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 868-878

  Mulvey, Margaret ^a,d   Lydeard, Charles ^a,b   Pyer, Debra L ^a,b   Hicks, Kimberly M ^a,c   Brim Box, Jayne ^a,b   Williams, James D ^a,b   Butler, Robert S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d Asheville Field Office   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED MUSSEL; FRESHWATER MUSSEL; TAXONOMIC DISTINCTNESS;

AMBLEMA; AMBLEMA ELLIOTTI; AMBLEMA NEISLERII; AMBLEMA PLICATA; BIVALVIA; MEGALONAIAS; MEGALONAIAS NERVOSA; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 0030757447     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.95487.x     Document Type: Article

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