The quagga mussel crisis at lake mead national recreation area, Nevada (U.S.A.)

Conservation Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 931-937

  Hickey, Valerie ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation mandate; Dreissena rostriformis bugensis; Invasive species; Land use zoning; National park; Non native; Protected area; Quagga mussels

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIVALVE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND USE; NATIONAL PARK; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RECREATIONAL MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECREATION; UNITED STATES; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; NEVADA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECREATION;

LAKE MEAD; UNITED STATES;

DREISSENA; DREISSENA BUGENSIS; DREISSENA ROSTRIFORMIS; EQUUS QUAGGA;

EID: 77954748887     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01490.x     Document Type: Article

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