A massive freshwater mussel bed (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in a small river in Ukraine

During a monitoring survey, a massive mussel bed was found and studied in the Gnily Rig River, Ukraine. The mussel bed was 25 cm thick and multilayered, with one of the greatest densities and biomass (wet weight) recorded so far in natural aggregations: up to 1,801.0 ± 175.4 ind./m² and up to 88.3 ±...

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Main Author: Protasov, Alexander (author)
Other Authors: Sylaieva, Anzhelika (author), Morozovska, Irina (author), Lopes-Lima, Manuel (author), Sousa, Ronaldo Gomes (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2015
Subjects:
Unionoida
Unio tumidus
U. pictorum
Anodonta anatina
freshwater mussels
densities
conservation
Ciências Naturais::Ciências Biológicas
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/49643
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/49643

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http://hdl.handle.net/1822/49643

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