Size-specific growth patterns and estimated longevity of the unionid mussel (Pronodularia japanensis)

Ecological Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 403-411

  Negishi, Junjiro N ^a,b   Kayaba, Yuichi ^a  

^a PUBLIC WORKS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Agricultural drainage channel; Freshwater mussel; Growth rate; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BIVALVE; DRAINAGE NETWORK; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LONGEVITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

JAPAN;

PRONODULARIA JAPANENSIS; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 77950459851     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-009-0670-x     Document Type: Article

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