Muskrat predation on a diverse unionid mussel community: Impacts of prey species composition, size and shape

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 554-564

  Owen, Christopher T ^a   Mcgregor, Monte A ^b   Cobbs, Gary A ^a   Alexander Jr, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cubocity; Muskrat; Mussels; Predation; Unionidae

Indexed keywords

CYPROGENIA STEGARIA; ONDATRA; ONDATRA ZIBETHICUS; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 79551674711     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02523.x     Document Type: Article

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