Are there hot spots for Elliptic complanata in the shallow littoral zone of a large Canadian Shield lake?

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2137-2147

  Griffiths, Natalie A ^a,b   Cyr, Hélène ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; BODY SIZE; GROWTH RATE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SHALLOW WATER; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA;

UNIONIDAE;

EID: 33751066974     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F06-100     Document Type: Article

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