Conservation status of freshwater mussels in Europe: state of the art and future challenges

Freshwater mussels of the Order Unionida provide important ecosystem functions and services, yet many of their populations are in decline. We comprehensively review the status of the 16 currently recognized species in Europe, collating for the first time their life-history traits, distribution, cons...

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Main Author: Lima, Manuel Lopes (author)
Other Authors: Sousa, Ronaldo Gomes (author), Geist, Juergen (author), Aldridge, David C. (author), Araujo, Rafael (author), Bergengren, Jakob (author), Bespalaya, Yulia (author), Bódis, Erika (author), Burlakova, Lyubov (author), Van Damme, Dirk (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2017
Subjects:
Biology
Ecology
Europe
Freshwater bivalves
Naiads
Margaritiferidae
Unionidae
Science & Technology
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/49233
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/49233

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http://hdl.handle.net/1822/49233

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