Early life-history and conservation status of Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Bivalvia, Unionidae) in Minnesota

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 74-91

  Allen, Daniel C ^a,d   Sietman, Bernard E ^a   Kelner, Daniel E ^a,e   Hove, Mark C ^b   Kurth, Jennifer E ^b,f   Davis, J Mike ^a   Weiss, Jeffery L ^a   Hornbach, Daniel J ^c  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^e U S ARMY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIVALVE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; DRAINAGE NETWORK; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY; RANGE SIZE; TELEOST;

MINNESOTA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; ROOT RIVER; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; COTTUS BAIRDII; COTTUS COGNATUS; CULAEA; CULAEA INCONSTANS; ETHEOSTOMA ASPRIGENE; ETHEOSTOMA CAERULEUM; ETHEOSTOMA EXILE; ETHEOSTOMA FLABELLARE; ETHEOSTOMA NIGRUM; ETHEOSTOMA ZONALE; GLOCHIDIA; PERCINA CAPRODES; PISCES; UNIONIDAE; VENUSTACONCHA; VENUSTACONCHA ELLIPSIFORMIS;

EID: 33846851542     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2007)157[74:ELACSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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