Survival and behaviour of juvenile unionid mussels exposed to thermal stress and dewatering in the presence of a sediment temperature gradient

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 601-613

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

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burrowing; Byssus; Climate change; Freshwater; Mesocosm

Indexed keywords

LAMPSILIS ABRUPTA; LAMPSILIS RADIATA; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 84892433378     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12290     Document Type: Article

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