Burrowing and crawling behaviour of three species of unionidae in Finland

Journal of Molluscan Studies

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-86

  Saarinen, M ^a   Taskinen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURROWING; LAKE; MOLLUSC; MOVEMENT;

(SOUTH); FINLAND;

ANODONTA; ANODONTA PISCINALIS; BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; PSEUDANODONTA COMPLANATA; UNIO PICTORUM; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 0037301707     PISSN: 02601230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mollus/69.1.81     Document Type: Article

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