New records of Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) in Galicia (Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula): Mero, Sil and Deva rivers

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Lois, Sabela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alien species; Corbicula fluminea; Galicia; Iberian Peninsula; Magaritifera margaritifera

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053989045     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2010.5.S1.005     Document Type: Article

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