Distribution and substrate preference of the invasive clam Corbicula fluminea in the river Rhine in the region of Basel (Switzerland, Germany, France)

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 153-161

  Schmidlin, Stephanie ^a   Baur, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asiatic clam; Invasive species; Range expansion; Substrate choice

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIVALVE; COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; RANGE EXPANSION; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE;

BASEL-LAND; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; RHINE RIVER; SWITZERLAND;

ANATIDAE; BIVALVIA; CORBICULA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 33947267758     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-006-0865-y     Document Type: Article

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