Synergistic effects of regional climate patterns and local water management on freshwater mussel communities

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1175-1183

  Galbraith, Heather S ^a,b   Spooner, Daniel E ^a,b   Vaughn, Caryn C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community composition; Drought; Reservoir; Temperature; Unionoida

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIOMASS; BIVALVE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DROUGHT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ISOLATED POPULATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RESERVOIR; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOLERANCE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

KIAMICHI RIVER; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

UNIONOIDA;

EID: 77951022625     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.02.025     Document Type: Article

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