Biodiversity on the brink: An assessment of conservation strategies for North American freshwater mussels

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 735, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-60

  Haag, Wendell R ^a   Williams, James D ^b  

^a CENTER FOR BOTTOMLAND HARDWOODS RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Extinction; Fragmentation; Propagation; Restoration; Unionoida

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CAPTIVE BREEDING; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EXTINCTION; FLOW PATTERN; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; ISOLATION EFFECT; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSLOCATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

UNIONOIDA;

EID: 84901977825     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-013-1524-7     Document Type: Review

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