Importance of physical and hydraulic characteristics to unionid mussels: A retrospective analysis in a reach of large river

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 598, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 343-360

  Zigler, Steven J ^a   Newton, Teresa J ^a   Steuer, Jeffrey J ^b   Bartsch, Michelle R ^a   Sauer, Jennifer S ^a  

^a UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

CART; Geospatial; Mussel; Shear stress; Tree model; Unionid

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RIVERS; SHEAR STRESS;

CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREE (CART); FRESHWATER MUSSELS; TREE MODEL; UNIONID;

BIODIVERSITY;

ABUNDANCE; BIVALVE; DROUGHT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GIS; POPULATION DECLINE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

UNIONIDAE;

EID: 37549043119     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9167-1     Document Type: Article

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