Causes of recruitment failure in freshwater mussel populations in southeastern New York

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1780-1790

  Strayer, David L ^a   Malcom, Heather M ^a  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anguilla rostrata; Biodiversity loss; Elliptio complanata; Freshwater mussels; Habitat; Invasive species; Nitrogen; Nonnative crayfish; Pollution; Sedimentation; Un ionized ammonia; Unionidae

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AMMONIA; BIVALVE; CRAYFISH; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EEL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORTALITY; NITROGEN; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION DECLINE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEDIMENTATION; STREAM; TOXICITY;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; CHEMISTRY; CRAYFISH; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEDIMENT; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; BIVALVIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NEW YORK; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ANGUILLA ROSTRATA; ASTACOIDEA; ELLIPTIO COMPLANATA; UNIONIDAE; UNIONOIDA;

EID: 84866885005     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1536.1     Document Type: Article

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