Freshwater mussel assemblage structure in a regulated river in the Lower Mississippi River Alluvial Basin, USA

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-36

  Haag, Wendell R ^a   Warren, Melvin L ^a  

^a CENTER FOR BOTTOMLAND HARDWOODS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel incision; Habitat stability; Impoundment; Mussels; Recruitment; Reservoir tailwaters; Unionidae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIVALVE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT TYPE; IMPOUNDMENT; POPULATION DENSITY;

MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; TALLAHATCHIE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

UNIONIDAE;

EID: 33846556216     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.773     Document Type: Article

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