Environmental factors influencing the biodeposition of the suspension feeding bivalve Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas): Comparison of brackish and freshwater populations

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 459-467

  Lauringson, Velda ^a   Mälton, Evely ^b   Kotta, Jonne ^a   Kangur, Külli ^b   Orav Kotta, Helen ^a   Kotta, Ilmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Gulf of Riga; Lake Peipsi; nonindigenous; salinity; zebra mussel

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; BIVALVE; BRACKISH WATER; CHLOROPHYLL A; COLONIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

BIVALVIA; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA;

EID: 35648987928     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.05.037     Document Type: Article

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