Extirpation of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) following the invasion of dreissenid mussels in an interconnecting river of the Laurentian Great Lakes

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 307-320

  Schloesser, Don W ^a   Metcalfe Smith, Janice L ^b   Kovalak, William P ^c   Longton, Gary D ^c   Smithee, Rick D ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Detroit Edison Co   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MUSSEL CULTURE;

DETROIT RIVER; GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA;

ACTINONAIAS LIGAMENTINA; BIVALVIA; CYCLONAIAS TUBERCULATA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; DREISSENIDAE; LASMIGONA COMPLANATA; PLEUROBEMA SINTOXIA; PTYCHOBRANCHUS FASCIOLARIS; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 33646264058     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2006)155[307:EOFMBU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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