Dispersal limitation of unionid mussels and implications for their conservation

Summary 1. Freshwater unionid mussels are a highly imperilled group. Their dispersal abilities depend on the availability and the movement of host fish on which their parasitic mussel larvae develop. 2. We examined the relationship between the dispersal abilities of unionid mussels and their conserv...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Freshwater biology 2011-08, Vol.56 (8), p.1509-1518
Hauptverfasser:	SCHWALB, ASTRID N., COTTENIE, KARL, POOS, MARK S., ACKERMAN, JOSEF D.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	connectivity Dispersal Freshwater freshwater mussel conservation host specificity metacommunity Mollusks parasitism
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