Planktonic invaders of the St. Lawrence estuarine transition zone: Environmental factors controlling the distribution of zebra mussel veligers

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1245-1257

  Barnard, Christine ^a   Frenette, Jean Jacques ^a   Vincent, Warwick F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; MOLLUSC; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRANSITION ZONE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINT LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

BIVALVIA; CHRISTIA; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; DREISSENIDAE; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0346335947     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f03-103     Document Type: Article

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