Lifting the curtain on the freshwater mussel diversity of the Italian Peninsula and Croatian Adriatic coast

Freshwater mussels of the order Unionida have been dramatically declining globally. Despite their ecological importance, conservation of these animals has been hindered by unresolved taxonomy and a lack of data on the distribution and status of populations, especially in southern Europe. Although th...

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Main Author: Froufe, Elsa (author)
Other Authors: Lima, Manuel Lopes (author), Riccardi, Nicoletta (author), Zaccara, Serena (author), Vanetti, Isabella (author), Lajtner, Jasna (author), Teixeira, Amílcar (author), Varandas, Simone (author), Prié, Vincent (author), Zieritz, Alexandra (author), Sousa, Ronaldo Gomes (author), Bogan, Arthur E. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2017
Subjects:
Unionida
Italy
Croatia
Biogeography
Genetic diversity
Conservation
Science & Technology
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/49286
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/49286

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http://hdl.handle.net/1822/49286

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