Freshwater mussel ecology [[electronic resource] ] : a multifactor approach to distribution and abundance / / David L. Strayer
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| Autore: |
Strayer David Lowell <1955->
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| Titolo: |
Freshwater mussel ecology [[electronic resource] ] : a multifactor approach to distribution and abundance / / David L. Strayer
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| Pubblicazione: | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (206 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 594/.4176 |
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| Soggetto topico: | Freshwater mussels - Ecology |
| Soggetto non controllato: | bivalves |
| conservation issues | |
| contemporary ecology | |
| critical approach | |
| cultural value | |
| economic value | |
| endangered species | |
| extinct mussels | |
| food mussels | |
| freshwater ecology | |
| freshwater ecosystems | |
| freshwater lakes | |
| habitat quality | |
| healthy ecosystems | |
| mother of pearl | |
| mussel abundance | |
| mussel distribution | |
| mussel ecology | |
| mussel populations | |
| mussel predators | |
| mussels | |
| parasites | |
| pearls | |
| pearly mussels | |
| rivers and streams | |
| scientists | |
| textbook | |
| zoology | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Part 1: THE LABORATORY -- Part 2: THE MONSTER'S PARTS -- Part 3: MAKING THE MONSTER WALK -- Literature Cited -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Pearly mussels (Unionoidea) live in lakes, rivers, and streams around the world. These bivalves play important roles in freshwater ecosystems and were once both culturally and economically valuable as sources of food, pearls, and mother-of-pearl. Today, however, hundreds of species of these mussels are extinct or endangered. David L. Strayer provides a critical synthesis of the factors that control the distribution and abundance of pearly mussels. Using empirical analyses and models, he assesses the effects of dispersal, habitat quality, availability of fish hosts, adequate food, predators, and parasites. He also addresses conservation issues that apply to other inhabitants of fresh waters around the globe and other pressing issues in contemporary ecology. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Freshwater mussel ecology |
| ISBN: | 0-520-91614-X |
| 1-281-75269-X | |
| 9786611752699 | |
| 0-520-94252-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910782565203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Freshwater ecology series ; ; v. 1.