Assessment of remnant unionid assemblages in a selection of Great Lakes coastal wetlands

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 201-210

  Sherman, Jessica J ^a   Murry, Brent A ^a   Woolnough, Daelyn A ^a   Zanatta, David T ^a   Uzarski, Donald G ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal wetland; Dreissenid; Remnant assemblages; Unionid

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; COASTAL WETLANDS; DREISSENID; GREAT LAKES COASTAL WETLANDS; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; REMNANT ASSEMBLAGES; UNIONID; WATER-LEVEL FLUCTUATION;

LAKES; POPULATION STATISTICS; SUBSTRATES; TURBIDITY; WATER LEVELS;

WETLANDS;

COASTAL WETLAND; COLONIZATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MUSSEL CULTURE; NATIVE SPECIES; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; REGIONAL PATTERN; SUBSTRATE; SURVEYING; WATER LEVEL;

BEAVER ISLAND; BEAVER ISLAND ARCHIPELAGO; GRAND TRAVERSE BAY; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LES CHENEAUX ISLANDS; MICHIGAN; SAGINAW BAY; UNITED STATES;

DREISSENA; DREISSENA BUGENSIS; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; DREISSENA ROSTRIFORMIS; DREISSENIDAE; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 84878106825     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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