Unionid habitat and assemblage composition in coastal plain tributaries of Flint River (Georgia)

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-52

  Gagnon, Paula ^a,e   Michener, William ^b   Freeman, Mary ^c   Box, Jayne Brim ^d  

^a JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UNIONIDAE;

EID: 33747877260     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2006)5[31:UHAACI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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