Population genetic history of the dreissenid mussel invasions: Expansion patterns across North America

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3687-3710

  Brown, Joshua E ^a   Stepien, Carol A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dreissena; Invasion genetics; Long distance dispersal; Microsatellites; Quagga mussel; Zebra mussel

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIVALVE; COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; RANGE EXPANSION;

NORTH AMERICA;

DREISSENA; DREISSENA BUGENSIS; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; DREISSENIDAE; EQUUS QUAGGA; EQUUS SUBG. HIPPOTIGRIS;

EID: 77957988153     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-010-9763-2     Document Type: Article

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