Abiotic impacts on spatial and temporal distribution of Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) in the River Minho Estuary, Portugal

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 98-110

  Sousa, Ronaldo ^a,b   Rufino, Marta ^c   Gaspar, Miguel ^c   Antunes, Carlos ^a,d   Guilhermino, Lúcia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c Instituto Nacional de Investigacao Agraria e das Pescas   (Portugal)

^d Aquamuseu do Rio Minho ^*  (Portugal)

Author keywords

Abiotic factors; Corbicula fluminea; Minho estuary; Population structure; Stepwise multiple regression

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BIVALVE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MINHO ESTUARY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BIVALVIA; CORBICULA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA;

EID: 39149088002     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.838     Document Type: Article

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