Characteristics of zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) populations in infested reservoirs, northwest Bulgaria

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 42, Issue 5-8, 2008, Pages 619-631

  Trichkova, Teodora A ^a   Kozuharov, Dimitar St ^b   Hubenov, Zdravko K ^a   Botev, Ivan Sl ^a   Zivkov, Mladen T ^a   Cheshmedjiev, Svetoslav D ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c SEco Consult Company   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Abundance; Biomass; Dreissena polymorpha; Reservoirs; Shell morphology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; BIVALVE; MORPHOMETRY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR;

BULGARIA; DANUBE BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; OGOSTA RESERVOIR; RABISHA RESERVOIR; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA;

EID: 46249125074     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930701835589     Document Type: Conference Paper

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