Effects of hydrology on unionids (Unionidae) and zebra mussels (Dreissenidae) in a Lake Erie coastal wetland

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 286-300

  Bowers, Richard ^a,b   De Szalay, Ferenc A ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Edwards Pitman Environmental Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; WATER LEVEL; WETLAND;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; NORTH AMERICA;

BIVALVIA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; DREISSENIDAE; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 1942442179     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2004)151[0286:EOHOUU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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