Behavioral responses to disturbance in freshwater mussels with implications for conservation and management

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 381-390

  Waller, Diane L ^a,b   Gutreuter, Steve ^a   Rach, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b Western Wisconsin Technical College   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Conservation; Disturbance; Freshwater mussel; Harvesting; Proportional hazards model; Proportional odds model; Recovery; Temperature; Unionidae

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MOLLUSC; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AMBLEMA PLICATA; ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; CARDIUM; FUSCONAIA FLAVA; LAMPSILIS CARDIUM; MOLLUSCA; POTAMILUS ALATUS; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 0033197496     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468451     Document Type: Article

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