Is the decline of freshwater mussel populations in a regulated coastal river in south-eastern Australia linked with human modification of habitat?

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 501-516

  Brainwood, Meredith ^a   Burgin, Shelley ^a   Byrne, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquatic species loss; Hyridella australis; Hyridella depressa; River degradation; Velesunio ambiguus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOACCUMULATION; FRESHWATER; LAND USE; MOLLUSC; NUTRIENT; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REMEDIATION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER CHANNEL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; HAWKESBURY-NEPEAN BASIN; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY;

HYRIDELLA AUSTRALIS; HYRIDELLA DEPRESSA; VELESUNIO AMBIGUUS;

EID: 33746485800     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.758     Document Type: Article

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