Horizontal and vertical movements of unionid mussels in a lowland river

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 261-272

  Schwalb, Astrid N ^a,b   Fusch, Martin T ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavior; Discharge; Dreissena polymorpha; Freshwater mussels; Locomotion; Sediment; Unio tumidus; Unionidae; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

BURROWING; CURRENT VELOCITY; DISCHARGE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LABORATORY METHOD; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC; SEDIMENT; VERTICAL MOVEMENT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; SPREE RIVER;

ANODONTA; ANODONTA ANATINA; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; UNIO; UNIO PICTORUM; UNIO TUMIDUS; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 34249800365     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2007)26[261:HAVMOU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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