Applications of extensive survey techniques to describe freshwater pearl mussel distribution and macrohabitat in the River Spey, Scotland

River Research and Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1001-1013

  Hastie, L C ^a   Cooksley, S L ^a   Scougall, F ^a   Young, M R ^a   Boon, P J ^b   Gaywood, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Macrohabitat; Margaritifera; Population; River corridor survey

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; MUSSEL CULTURE; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVER CHANNEL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; SPEY RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

MARGARITIFERA; MARGARITIFERA MARGARITIFERA; RIPARIA;

EID: 11844259489     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.808     Document Type: Article

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