Effect of attachment status and aggregation on the behaviour of the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha

Journal of Molluscan Studies

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-126

  Kobak, Jarosław ^a   Poznańska, Małgorzata ^a   Kakareko, Tomasz ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BIVALVE; DARK; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; MOVEMENT; TAXIS; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA;

EID: 65349173122     PISSN: 02601230     EISSN: 14643766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mollus/eyn046     Document Type: Article

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