Status of native freshwater mussels in copper creek, virginia

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-18

  Hanlon, Shane D ^a   Petty, Melissa A ^b,c   Neves, Richard J ^b  

^a US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

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

^c Conservation Fisheries Inc ^*  (United States)

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EID: 65949116596     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/058.008.0101     Document Type: Article

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