Prehistoric biogeography and conservation status of threatened freshwater mussels (Mollusca: Unionidae) in the upper trinity river drainage, Texas

Conservation Biology and Applied Zooarchaeology

Volumn 9780816599295, Issue , 2012, Pages 68-91

  Randklev, Charles R ^a   Lundeen, Benjamin J ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

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