Reproductive phenology in Megalonaias nervosa (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in Wheeler Reservoir, Tennessee River, Alabama, USA

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 539, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 131-136

  Haggerty, Thomas M ^a   Garner, Jeffrey T ^a   Rogers, Rebekah L ^a  

^a Box 5048   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bivalvia; Brooding; Glochidia; Megalonaias nervosa; Reproductive cycle; Spawning; Unionidae

Indexed keywords

MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; SIZE DETERMINATION; TISSUE;

GONADAL TISSUE; GROSS EXAMINATIONS; REPRODUCTIVE PHENOLOGY;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

REPRODUCTION;

NORTH AMERICA; TENNESSEE RIVER; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BIVALVIA; MEGALONAIAS NERVOSA; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 20144363594     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-3915-2     Document Type: Article

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