Behaviour and physiology are linked in the responses of freshwater mussels to drought

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2356-2366

  Gough, Harlan M ^a   Gascho Landis, Andrew M ^b   Stoeckel, James A ^b  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alabama; Burrowing; Desiccation; Opintlocco; Unionidae

Indexed keywords

CREEDIIDAE; LAMPSILIS STRAMINEA; PYGANODON GRANDIS; UNIOMERUS TETRALASMUS; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 84867004819     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12015     Document Type: Article

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