Dominance of the Asiatic clam, Corbicula fluminea (Müller), in the benthic community of a reservoir

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 487-493

  Karatayev, Alexander Y ^a   Burlakova, Lyubov E ^a   Kesterson, Thomas ^a   Padilla, Dianna K ^b  

^a STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic community; Corbicula fluminea; Hydrilla; Invasive species

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIVALVE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; RESERVOIR;

UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA; CORBICULIDAE; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; INVERTEBRATA; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 0242277091     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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