Adjustments of Limnoperna fortunei (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) after ten years of invasion in the Americas

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 141-146

  Darrigran, G ^a   Damborenea, C ^a   Penchaszadeh, P ^b   Taraborelli, C ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bivalve; Freshwater; Invasion; Limnoperna fortunei; Neotropical Region; Reproductive cycle

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC; POPULATION ECOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE;

ARGENTINA;

BIVALVIA; LIMNOPERNA; LIMNOPERNA FORTUNEI; MOLLUSCA; MYTILIDAE;

EID: 0042127040     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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