Transformation of freshwater ecosystems by bivalves: A case study of zebra mussels in the Hudson River

BioScience

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-27

  Strayer, David L ^a   Caraco, Nina F ^a   Cole, Jonathan J ^a   Findlay, Stuart ^a   Pace, Michael L ^a  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA;

EID: 0032904960     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1313490     Document Type: Article

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