Mass mortality of the invasive bivalve Corbicula fluminea induced by a severe low-water event and associated low water temperatures

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 613, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 143-150

  Werner, Stefan ^a   Rothhaupt, Karl Otto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bivalve; Invasive; Low water; Population; Water level fluctuation; Winter mortality

Indexed keywords

SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

BIVALVE; CORBICULA FLUMINEA; INVASIVE; LAKE CONSTANCE; LETHAL EFFECTS; LOW WATER; MEAN LOW WATER LEVEL; MESOCOSM; POPULATION; SOUTH-EAST ASIA; TIME LAGS; WATER TEMPERATURES; WATER-LEVEL FLUCTUATION; WINTER CONDITIONS; WINTER MORTALITY;

WATER LEVELS;

BIVALVE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LOW TEMPERATURE; MASS MORTALITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER LEVEL; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BIVALVIA; CORBICULA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA;

EID: 49549102237     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9479-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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