Growth and reproductive cycle of the zebra mussel in the River Rhine as studied in a river bypass

Oecologia

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 213-225

  Jantz, B ^a   Neumann, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dreissena polymorpha; Growth; Reproductive cycle; River bypass; River Rhine

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; RIVER BYPASS; SPAWNING; ZEBRA MUSSEL;

GERMANY, RHINE RIVER;

BIVALVIA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA;

EID: 0031966493     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050439     Document Type: Article

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