Population demographics of six freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in the upper Clinch river, Virginia and Tennessee
Growth rates, age-frequency distributions, and mortality rates of six mussel species were examined at four sites in the Clinch River, Virginia and Tennessee, to identify potentially impacted sites in the upper river. The bioaccumulation of copper in mussel shells also was examined as a possible cont...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/41362 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03032009-040633/ |