Effects of a small dam on freshwater mussel growth in an Alabama (U.S.A.) stream

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1904-1915

  Singer, Erin E ^a   Gangloff, Michael M ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Filter feeding; Impoundment; Seston; Temperature; Unionidae

Indexed keywords

UNIONIDAE;

EID: 79961022046     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02608.x     Document Type: Article

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