Life history of the endangered fine-rayed pigtoe pearly mussel, Fusconaia cuneolus (Lea, 1840), in the Clinch River, Virginia
The periods of gravidity and glochidial release, required fish hosts, and age and growth characteristics of Fusconaia cuneolus were studied in the upper Clinch River, Virginia during 1986 and 1987. This summer brooder is gravid from mid-May through late July, releasing most glochidia in midJune. Gil...
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
2015
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53206 |