Clearance rates and filtering activity of zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha): Implications for freshwater lakes

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 249-255

  Horgan, Martin J ^a   Mills, Edward L ^a  

^a Department of Natural Resources and the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; BIVALVIA;

CLEARANCE RATE; FILTRATION RATE; INTRODUCED BIVALVE; ZEBRA MUSSEL;

EID: 85047678161     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f96-276     Document Type: Article

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