Length-specific growth rates in freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae): Extreme longevity or generalized growth cessation?

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1349-1359

  Anthony, James L ^a,b,c   Kesler, David H ^a,b,c   Downing, William L ^a,b,c   Downing, John A ^a,b,c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODES COLLEGE   (United States)

^c HAMLINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annuli; Freshwater mussels; Longevity; Unionidae; Von Bertalanffy

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH RATE; LONGEVITY; MOLLUSC;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034781221     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2001.00755.x     Document Type: Article

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