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TITLE:
Contaminant Sensitivity of Freshwater Mussels: Risk assessment of water quality in three North Carolina streams supporting federally-endangered freshwater mussels.
AUTHOR(S):
Cynthia M. Kane
Sara E. Ward

VOLUME:
26
ISSUE:
10
PAGES:
2075 - 2085
PUBLICATION DATE:
October 2007

ABSTRACT:
Water quality data were collected from three drainages supporting the endangered Carolina heelsplitter (Lasmigona decorata) and dwarf wedgemussel (Alasmidonta heterodon) to determine the potential for impaired water quality to limit the recovery of these freshwater mussels in North Carolina, USA.

PUBLICATION:
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
PUBLISHED BY:
SETAC - Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
 
DOCUMENT LINK:
http://www.setacjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1897%2F06-561R.1, 114 KB
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