Variation in freshwater mussel shell sculpture and shape along a river gradient

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-36

  Hornbach, Daniel J ^a   Kurth, Valerie J ^a,b   Hove, Mark C ^a  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIVALVE; BODY SHAPE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ORNAMENTATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHELL;

SAINT CROIX RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77954041576     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-164.1.22     Document Type: Article

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