Freshwater Pearl Mussels in peril

British Wildlife

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 340-347

  Cosgrove, Peter ^a   Hastie, Lee ^a   Young, Mark ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MUSSEL;

EID: 0033919222     PISSN: 09580956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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