Shell morphometry, pre-mortal taphonomy and ontogeny-related growth characteristics of freshwater pearl mussel in northern Finland

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 285-302

  Helama, Samuli ^a   Valovirta, Ilmari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOMETRY; ONTOGENY; TAPHONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

MARGARITIFERA MARGARITIFERA;

EID: 34548825114     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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