Suspects and evidence: A review of the causes of extirpation and decline in freshwater mussels;Sospechas y evidencia: Revisión de las causas de la extinción local y del declive de los mejillones de agua dulce

Animal Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-185

  Downing, John A ^a   Van Meter, P ^a   Woolnough, D A ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence; Extinction; Extirpation; Freshwater; Mussels

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855396849     PISSN: 1578665X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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