Shell growth of the golden mussel, Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857) (Mytilidae), in the Río de la Plata, Argentina

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 495, Issue , 2003, Pages 41-45

  Maronas M E ^a   Darrigran, G A ^b   Sendra, E D ^a   Breckon, G ^b  

^a Instituto de Limnologia Dr Raul A Ringuelet   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Individual growth; Invasive bivalve; Limnoperna fortunei; Neotropical Region; R o de la Plata

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; HYDROLOGY; ITERATIVE METHODS; WATER RESOURCES;

TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENTS;

GROWTH KINETICS;

AGE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MOLLUSC; SHELL;

ARGENTINA;

BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; LIMNOPERNA; LIMNOPERNA FORTUNEI; MOLLUSCA; MYTILIDAE;

EID: 0141786935     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025463523364     Document Type: Article

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