A critical reflection on the success of rearing and culturing juvenile freshwater mussels with a focus on the endangered freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera L.)

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 743-751

  Gum, Bernhard ^a   Lange, Michael ^b   Geist, Juergen ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b PLD Vogtland   (Germany)

Author keywords

Captive breeding; Freshwater mussel culturing; M. margaritifera; Propagation

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; JUVENILE; POPULATION DECLINE; REARING; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SHELLFISH CULTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

MARGARITIFERA; MARGARITIFERA MARGARITIFERA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 82155195882     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1222     Document Type: Review

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