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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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Protasov, Alexander (author)
Outros Autores: Sylaieva, Anzhelika (author), Morozovska, Irina (author), Lopes-Lima, Manuel (author), Sousa, Ronaldo Gomes (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2015
Assuntos:
Unionoida
Unio tumidus
U. pictorum
Anodonta anatina
freshwater mussels
densities
conservation
Ciências Naturais::Ciências Biológicas
Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/49643
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/49643

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