Differential exposure, duration, and sensitivity of unionoidean bivalve life stages to environmental contaminants

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 451-462

  Cope, W Gregory ^a   Bringolf, Robert B ^a   Buchwalter, David B ^a   Newton, Teresa J ^b   Ingersoll, Christopher G ^c   Wang, Ning ^c   Augspurger, Tom ^d   Dwyer, F James ^e   Barnhart, M Christopher ^f   Neves, Richard J ^g   Hammer, Edward ^h  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

^d Ecological Services   (United States)

^e Ecological Services   (United States)

^f MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Freshwater mussel; Habitat; Pollution; Unionidae; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIVALVE; BURROW; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION DECLINE; POREWATER; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BIVALVIA; GLOCHIDIA; UNIONIDAE; UNIONOIDEA;

EID: 47049104907     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/07-094.1     Document Type: Article

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