Life history and propagation of the endangered dromedary pearlymussel (Dromus dromas) (Bivalvia:Unionidae)

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 515-525

  Jones, Jess W ^a   Neves, Richard J ^a   Ahlstedt, Steven A ^b   Mair, Rachel A ^a  

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

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dromedary pearlymussel; Dromus dromas; Fish hosts; Life history; Propagation; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY; MOLLUSC; REPRODUCTION;

CLINCH RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; POWELL RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BAILEYI; BIVALVIA; CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; CHLOROPHYTA; CITRUS RETICULATA; COTTUS; COTTUS BAILEYI; DROMAS; DROMUS DROMAS; EPIOBLASMA FLORENTINA CURTISII; ETHEOSTOMA; ETHEOSTOMA BLENNIOIDES; ETHEOSTOMA FLABELLARE; ETHEOSTOMA SIMOTERUM; FRESHWATER LEECH; HIRUDINIDA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; NANNOCHLOROPSIS; NANNOCHLOROPSIS OCULATA; PERCINA; PERCINA AURANTIACA; PERCINA BURTONI; PERCINA CAPRODES; PERCINA COPELANDI; PERCINA EVIDES; PERCINA ROANOKA; PLATYHELMINTHES; SUS SCROFA; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 4944242081     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2004)023<0515:LHAPOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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