Soft sediment as a constraint on the spread of the zebra mussel in western Lake Erie: Processes and impacts

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 329-343

  Coakley, John P ^a   Rasul, N ^a   Ioannou, S E ^a   Brown, G R ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthos; Contaminants; Exotic species; Great Lakes

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA;

EID: 0036747487     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634980290032018     Document Type: Article

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