Diversity, habitat use and conservation of freshwater molluscs in the lower Guadiana River basin (SW Iberian Peninsula)

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 485-501

  Pérez Quintero, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alqueva dam; Bivalvia; Conservation; Freshwater molluscs; Gastropoda; Guadiana River; Mediterranean streams

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIVALVE; CONSERVATION STATUS; DRAINAGE BASIN; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GASTROPOD; HABITAT USE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ALQUEVA DAM; EURASIA; EUROPE; GUADIANA BASIN; GUADIANA RIVER; IBERIAN PENINSULA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BIVALVIA; CORBICULA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA; GASTROPODA; ISLAMIA; MERCURIA EMILIANA; MOLLUSCA; PISIDIUM CASERTANUM; PISIDIUM PERSONATUM; POTOMIDA LITTORALIS; RADIX AURICULARIA; THEODOXUS FLUVIATILIS; UNIO; UNIO CRASSUS; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 34547813697     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.796     Document Type: Article

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