Contrasting shell/tissue characteristics of Dreissena polymorpha and Dreissena bugensis in relation to environmental heterogeneity in the St. Lawrence River

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 184-189

  Casper, Andrew F ^a,b   Johnson, Ladd E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Environmental heterogeneity; Growth; Physiological plasticity

Indexed keywords

CARBON CONTENT; DREISSENA BUGENSIS; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL HETEROGENEITY; GROWTH; IN-SHELL; IN-SITU; LAKE ONTARIO; MECHANICAL DAMAGES; QUAGGA MUSSELS; RESPONSE PATTERNS; SHELL STRENGTH; ST. LAWRENCE RIVER; TISSUE GROWTH; TISSUE MASS; TISSUE RESPONSE; WATER MASS; ZEBRA MUSSELS;

CALCIUM; COMPETITION; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PLASTICITY; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); TISSUE; WATER CONTENT;

RIVERS;

BIOENERGETICS; BIVALVE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONSPECIFIC; GROWTH RATE; HETEROGENEITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; WATER MASS;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

DREISSENA; DREISSENA BUGENSIS; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA;

EID: 77549085344     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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