Establishment of corbicula fluminea (O.F. Müller, 1774) in lake maggiore: A spatial approach to trace the invasion dynamics

BioInvasions Records

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 105-117

  Kamburska, Lyudmila ^a   Lauceri, Rosaria ^a   Beltrami, Monica ^a   Boggero, Angela ^a   Cardeccia, Alice ^a   Guarneri, Irene ^a   Manca, Marina ^a   Riccardi, Nicoletta ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asian basket clam; Lake maggiore; Population dynamics; Size structure; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887146607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22421300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/bir.2013.2.2.03     Document Type: Article

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