North American range extension of the invasive Asian clam in a St. Lawrence River power station thermal plume

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-89

  Anouk Simard, M ^a   Paquet, Annie ^a   Jutras, Charles ^a,b   Robitaille, Yves ^a   Blier, Pierre U ^b   Courtois, Réhaume ^a   Martel, André L ^c  

^a MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bivalves; Corbicula; Invasive species; Power plant; St. Lawrence River; Warm water plume

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; CORBICULA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA; DREISSENA; DREISSENA BUGENSIS; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA;

EID: 84864066851     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2012.7.1.009     Document Type: Article

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