A paleozoological perspective on unionid (Mollusca: Unionidae) zoogeography in the upper Trinity River basin, Texas

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2359-2368

  Randklev, Charles R ^a   Wolverton, Steve ^a   Lundeen, Benjamin ^a   Kennedy, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmarks; Biogeography; Conservation; Mussels; Texas; Trinity River; Unionids; USA; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BENCHMARKING; BIVALVE; DRAINAGE BASIN; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; RIVER BASIN; SAMPLING; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; DEMOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIVALVIA; DEMOGRAPHY; RIVERS; TEXAS;

TEXAS; TRINITY RIVER [TEXAS]; UNITED STATES;

MOLLUSCA; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 78649821630     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1425.1     Document Type: Article

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