The importance of microhabitat factors and habitat stability to the threatened Louisiana pearl shell, Margaritifera hembeli (Conrad)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 271-277

  Johnson, Paul D ^a   Brown, Kenneth M ^a,b  

^a PO Box 11048 Chattanooga TN 37401 USA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT; PARTICLE SIZE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MICROHABITAT; MOLLUSC;

LOUISIANA; RED RIVER; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; MARGARITIFERA HEMBELI; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0034026739     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-78-2-271     Document Type: Article

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