Testing the assumption of annual shell ring deposition in freshwater mussels

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 493-508

  Haag, Wendell R ^a   Commens Carson, Amy M ^a  

^a CENTER FOR BOTTOMLAND HARDWOODS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION MODELING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHELL; TAGGING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 40849092544     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F07-182     Document Type: Article

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