Corbicula(Bivalvia: Sphaeriacea)vs.Indigenous Mussels (Bivalvia: Unionacea) in U.S. Rivers: A Hard Case for Interspecific Competition?
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عنوان ژورنال: American Zoologist
سال: 1979
ISSN: 0003-1569
DOI: 10.1093/icb/19.4.1085