Correlation between unionid mussel density and EPA habitat-assessment parameters

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 225-234

  Nicklin, Laura ^a   Balas, Michael T ^a  

^a Thiel College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 34447253794     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2007)14[225:CBUMDA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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