Recruitment of the threatened mussel margaritifera margaritifera in relation to mussel population size, mussel density and host density

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 526-532

  Arvidsson, Björn L ^a   Karlsson, Jens ^a   Österling, Martin E ^a  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conservation; Density; Margaritifera margaritifera; Population size; Salmo trutta; Unionid mussels

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIVALVE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SALMONID;

MARGARITIFERA MARGARITIFERA; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 84864572390     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2240     Document Type: Article

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