Can shells of freshwater mussels (Unionidae) be used to estimate low summer discharge of rivers and associated droughts?

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1423-1432

  Versteegh, Emma A A ^a,b   Vonhof, Hubert B ^a   Troelstra, Simon R ^a   Kroon, Dick ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bivalvia; Droughts; Oxygen isotopes; Sclerochronology; Unio

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; DROUGHT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIO; RECONSTRUCTION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SHELL; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BIVALVIA; UNIO; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 80051470563     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-010-0551-0     Document Type: Article

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