Molluscan fauna in the freshwater tidal area of the River Minho estuary, NW of Iberian Peninsula

Annales de Limnologie

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 141-147

  Sousa, R ^a,b   Guilhermino, L ^a,b   Antunes, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Abundance; Biomass; Diversity; Environmental factors; Molluscs; River Minho estuary

Indexed keywords

MOLLUSC; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

BITHYNIA TENTACULATA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; PISIDIUM AMNICUM;

EID: 21744438751     PISSN: 00034088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/limn/2005009     Document Type: Article

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