Use of flow refuges by unionid mussels in rivers

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 468-476

  Strayer, David L ^a  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bivalves; Disturbance; Floods; Flow refuges; Freshwater mussels; Heterogeneity; Patchiness; Spatial patterning; Unionidae

Indexed keywords

MOLLUSC; PATCHINESS; REFUGE; RIVER;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 0033389053     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468379     Document Type: Article

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