Burrowing, byssus, and biomarkers: Behavioral and physiological indicators of sublethal thermal stress in freshwater mussels (Unionidae)

Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 229-250

  Archambault, Jennifer M ^a   Gregory Cope, W ^a   Kwak, Thomas J ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

benthic fauna; climate change; endangered species; LT50; mussels; stream flow; Unionidae

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMARKER; BIVALVE; BURROWING; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STREAMFLOW; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER LEVEL;

AMBLEMA PLICATA; GLOCHIDIA; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 84880937229     PISSN: 10236244     EISSN: 10290362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236244.2013.805891     Document Type: Article

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