Sources of bias in the use of shell fragments to estimate the size of zebra and quagga mussels (Dreissena polymorpha and Dreissena bugensis)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 910-916

  Mitchell, Jeremy S ^a,c   Bailey, Robert C ^a   Knapton, Richard W ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Long Point Bird Observatory   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; MOLLUSC; PREDATION; PREY SELECTION; PREY SIZE; SHELL;

AYTHYA AFFINIS; AYTHYA MARILA; BIVALVIA; DREISSENA BUGENSIS; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; DREISSENIDAE; EQUUS QUAGGA; MARILA; MOLLUSCA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033306518     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-77-6-910     Document Type: Article

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