Reducing risks of maintenance dredging on freshwater mussels (Unionidae) in the Big Sunflower River, Mississippi

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-154

  Miller, Andrew C ^a   Payne, Barry S ^a  

^a U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Sunflower River; Dredging impacts; Environmental risks; Freshwater mussels

Indexed keywords

DREDGING; ECOSYSTEMS; MOLLUSCS; WATER;

AQUATIC HABITATS; BIG SUNFLOWER RIVER; CHANNEL AREA; DREDGING IMPACTS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; FRESHWATER MUSSELS; MAINTENANCE PLANS; MISSISSIPPI; NEARSHORES; REMOVAL METHOD;

RIVERS;

FRESH WATER;

DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM;

AMBLEMA PLICATA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FAUNA; MOLLUSC; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PLECTOMERUS DOMBEYANUS; PLETHOBASUS CYPHUS; PLEUROBEMA PYRAMIDATUM; QUADRULA CYLINDRICA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNITED STATES;

BIG SUNFLOWER RIVER; MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMBLEMA PLICATA; PLECTOMERUS DOMBEYANUS; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 15344348751     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2004.06.006     Document Type: Article

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