Zebra mussels anchor byssal threads faster and tighter than quagga mussels in flow

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 2027-2036

  Peyer, Suzanne M ^a   McCarthy, Alice J ^a   Lee, Carol Eunmi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Biological invasions; Dislodgment; Dreissena; Functional morphology; Great lakes; Hydrodynamics; Niche partitioning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DREISSENA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; DREISSENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER MOVEMENTS;

DREISSENA; DREISSENA BUGENSIS; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; EQUUS SUBG. HIPPOTIGRIS;

EID: 67649541511     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.028688     Document Type: Article

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