Effects of reservoir management on abundance, condition, parasitism and reproductive traits of downstream mussels

River Research and Applications

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 193-201

  Galbraith, H S ^a,b   Vaughn, C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dam; Flow; Hermaphrodite; Impoundment; Parasitism; Sex ratio; Temperature; Unionid

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DAM; MOLLUSC; PARASITISM; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESERVOIR IMPOUNDMENT; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

QUADRULA; QUADRULA CYLINDRICA; QUADRULA PUSTULOSA; QUADRULA QUADRULA; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 79551653084     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1350     Document Type: Article

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