Response of freshwater mussel assemblages (Bivalvia:Unionidae) to a record drought in the Gulf Coastal Plain of southwestern Georgia

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 494-506

  Golladay, Stephen W ^a   Gagnon, Paula ^a   Kearns, Margaret ^a   Battle, Juliann M ^a   Hicks, David W ^a  

^a JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change impacts; Drought; Endangered species; Flint River; Freshwater mussels; Hydrology; Unionidae; Wood debris

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONSERVATION STATUS; DROUGHT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; IRRIGATION; MOLLUSC;

GEORGIA; GULF COASTAL PLAIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 4944250830     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2004)023<0494:ROFMAB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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