Growth and longevity in freshwater mussels: Evolutionary and conservation implications

Biological Reviews

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 225-247

  Haag, Wendell R ^a   Rypel, Andrew L ^a,b  

^a Forest Hydrology Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Growth rate; Life history; Margaritiferidae; Unionidae; Unionoida; Von Bertalanffy

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNIONIDAE; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; GENETIC VARIATION; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHYLOGENY; UNIONIDAE; UNITED STATES;

MARGARITIFERIDAE; QUADRULA ASPERATA; UNIONIDAE; UNIONOIDA;

EID: 78651519099     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2010.00146.x     Document Type: Article

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