Intraspecific life history variation in the threatened Louisiana pearlshell mussel, Margaritifera hembeli

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 317-329

  Johnson, Paul D ^a,b   Brown, Kenneth M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Southeast Aquatic Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATA; MARGARITIFERA HEMBELI; NOTURUS PHAEUS;

EID: 0031657844     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1998.00356.x     Document Type: Article

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