Intensive searching for mussels in a fast-flowing river: An estimation of sampling bias

Journal of Conchology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 309-316

  Hastie, Lee C ^a   Cosgrove, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Margaritifera; Scotland

Indexed keywords

MARGARITIFERA; MARGARITIFERA MARGARITIFERA;

EID: 23044530356     PISSN: 00220019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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