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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
"Synthesizes ecology and natural history of North American freshwater mussels for scientists, natural resource professionals, students and natural history enthusiasts"-- Provided by publisher. |
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"This well-illustrated book highlights freshwater mussels' fabulous diversity, amazing array of often bizarre ecological adaptations, and their dire conservation plight. It provides the first comprehensive review of a wide variety of topics in mussel ecology and conservation for scientists, natural resource professionals, students, and natural history enthusiasts"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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1. Introduction to mussels and mussel ecology -- 2. Catching the mussel bug : a history of the study of mussel ecology in North America -- 3. Diversity and biogeography -- 4. Aquatic habitats and mussel assemblages -- 5. Host use and host infection strategies -- 6. These are very different animals : life history variation in mussels -- 7. Mussel population biology -- 8. Putting it all together : explaining patterns of mussel assemblage structure -- 9. Human exploitation of mussels -- 10. The decline of the North American mussel fauna : chronology and causes -- 11. Mussel conservation : the challenge of protecting a fragmented resource -- Appendix A. Values for life history traits of representative North American mussel species -- Appendix B. Sources for mussel assemblage data. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Freshwater mussels -- North America.
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Freshwater mussels. |
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North America. |
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Freshwater mussels -- Conservation -- North America.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic book.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Haag, Wendell R. North American freshwater mussels. Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9780521199384 (DLC) 2012004664 (OCoLC)780161444 |
| ISBN |
9781139549035 (electronic book) |
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1139549030 (electronic book) |
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9781139551533 |
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1139551531 |
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9781139048217 (electronic book) |
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113904821X (electronic book) |
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9781139553995 (electronic book) |
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1139553992 (electronic book) |
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9780521199384 |
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0521199387 |
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