Habitat degradation and the decline of the threatened mussel Margaritifera margaritifera: Influence of turbidity and sedimentation on the mussel and its host

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 759-768

  Österling, Martin E ^a   Arvidsson, Björn L ^a   Greenberg, Larry A ^a  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Habitat degradation; Host parasite; Margaritifera margaritifera; Recruitment; Salmo trutta; Sedimentation; Turbidity; Unionoida

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EXTINCTION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; JUVENILE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SALMONID; SEDIMENTATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TOLERANCE; TURBIDITY;

SWEDEN;

MARGARITIFERA MARGARITIFERA; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; UNIONOIDA;

EID: 77954378999     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01827.x     Document Type: Article

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