Development of a diet for rearing juvenile freshwater mussels

<p>Over 100 species of freshwater mussels (Unionidae) are endangered or threatened in the United States, and another dozen species support a declining commercial harvest of shells for the cultured pearl industry in Asia. Because of these Significant declines in abundance, a study was undertake...

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Main Author: Gatenby, Catherine M.
Other Authors: Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/46119
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12042009-020341/