Structural community changes in freshwater mussel populations of Little Mahoning Creek, Pennsylvania

American Malacological Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 161-169

  Chapman, Eric J ^a   Smith, Tamara A ^b  

^a Western Pennsylvania Conservancy   (United States)

^b Northwest Field Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic threats; Bray Curtis similarity indices; Unionids; Visual assessment; Watershed ecology

Indexed keywords

ALASMIDONTA MARGINATA; PLEUROBEMA SINTOXIA; UNIONIDAE; VILLOSA IRIS;

EID: 58149374574     PISSN: 07402783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4003/006.026.0216     Document Type: Article

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