Dreissenid mussels as sentinel biomonitors for human and zoonotic pathogens

Quagga and Zebra Mussels: Biology, Impacts, and Control, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 265-272

  Conn, David Bruce ^a,b   Lucy, Frances E ^c,d   Graczyk, Thaddeus K ^c,e  

^a BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Atlantic Technological University Sligo   (Ireland)

^d Environmental Services Ireland   (Ireland)

^e NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84907272946     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b15437     Document Type: Chapter

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