Growth and mortality rates of the zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha, in the Lower Mississippi River

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 748-759

  Allen, Yvonne C ^a   Thompson, Bruce A ^a   Ramcharan, Charles W ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; GROWTH RATE; MOLLUSC; MORTALITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER; MISSISSIPPI; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA;

EID: 0032788291     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f98-212     Document Type: Article

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