Do zebra mussels grow faster on live unionids than on inanimate substrate? A study with field enclosures

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 113-121

  Hörmann, Leonhard ^a   Maier, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dreissena polymorpha; Enclosure; Growth; Stone; Substrate; Unionid

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; LAKES; POPULATION STATISTICS; SUBSTRATES;

FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MOLLUSC;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

ANODONTA; ANODONTA CYGNEA; BIVALVIA; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; DREISSENIDAE; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 33744470327     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200510834     Document Type: Article

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