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Identifying freshwater mussels (Unionoida) and parasitic glochidia larvae from host fish gills: a molecular key to the North and Central European species

Freshwater mussels (order Unionoida) represent one of the most severely endangered groups of animals due to habitat destruction, introduction of nonnative species, and loss of host fishes, which their larvae (glochidia) are obligate parasites on. Conservation efforts such as habitat restoration or r...

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Autores principales: Zieritz, Alexandra, Gum, Bernhard, Kuehn, Ralph, Geist, Juergen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3399197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22837823
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.220