Sediment, land use, and freshwater mussels: Prospects and problems

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 99-117

  Brim Box, Jayne ^a   Mossa, Joann ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluvial geomorphology; Land use; Sedimentation; Siltation; Streams; Unionid mussels

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033106417     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468011     Document Type: Article

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