The basket shell, Corbula gibba Olivi, 1792 (Bivalve Mollusks) as a species resistant to environmental disturbances: A review

Acta Adriatica

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-64

  Hrs Brenko, Mirjana ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Bivalvia; Corbula gibba

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIVALVE; COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EUTROPHICATION; FECUNDITY; SHELL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BIVALVIA; CORBULA; CORBULA GIBBA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 33748110143     PISSN: 00015113     EISSN: 00015113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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