Massive mortality of the Asian clam Corbicula fluminea in a highly invaded area

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 277-280

  Ilarri, Martina I ^a,b   Antunes, Carlos ^a,c   Guilhermino, Lúcia ^a,b   Sousa, Ronaldo ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c Aquamuseu Do Rio Minho   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; BIVALVE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; MASS MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; ZOOBENTHOS;

MINHO ESTUARY; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

BIVALVIA; CORBICULA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA;

EID: 78651234413     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-010-9833-5     Document Type: Article

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