Changes in the distribution of freshwater mussels (Unionidae) in the upper Susquehanna River basin, 1955-1965 to 1996-1997

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 328-339

  Strayer, David L ^a   Fetterman, Andrew R ^a,b  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RIVER; UNITED STATES;

HUMAN ACTIVITY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; POPULATION SIZE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NEW YORK; UNITED STATES; UPPER SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN;

ALASMIDONTA MARGINATA; ALASMIDONTA UNDULATA; ALASMIDONTA VARICOSA; ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; LAMPSILIS CARIOSA; LASMIGONA SUBVIRIDIS; STROPHITUS UNDULATUS; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 0032755871     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1999)142[0328:CITDOF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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