Reproduction based on local patch size of Alasmidonta heterodon and dispersal by its darter host in the Mill River, Massachusetts, USA

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 139-147

  McLain, David C ^a   Ross, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alasmidonta heterodon; Dispersal; Etheostoma olmstedi; Glochidia; Infection rate; Metapopulation; Patch size; Recruitment; Reproduction; Unionidae

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; DISPERSAL; FISH; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PATCH SIZE; REPRODUCTION;

MASSACHUSETTS; MILL RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALASMIDONTA HETERODON; ANHINGIDAE; BIVALVIA; ETHEOSTOMA OLMSTEDI; HETERODON; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 14344265373     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2005)024<0139:RBOLPS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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