Estimating survival rates of quagga mussel (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis) veliger larvae under summer and autumn temperature regimes in residual water of trailered watercraft at Lake Mead, USA

Estimating survival rates of quagga mussel (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis) veliger larvae under summer and autumn temperature regimes in residual water of trailered watercraft at Lake Mead, USA

On 6 January 2007, invasive quagga mussels [Dreissena rostriformis bugensis (Andrusov, 1897)] were discovered in the Boulder Basin ofLake Mead, Nevada, a popular site for recreational boating in the southwestern United States. Recreational watercraft are considered aprimary vector for overland dispe...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wook Jin Choi, Shawn Gerstenberger, Robert F. McMahon, Wai Hing Wong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre (REABIC) 2013-01-01
Series:Management of Biological Invasions
Subjects:
quagga mussel
Dreissena rostriformis bugensis
veliger
thermal tolerance
water temperature
watercraft management
Online Access:http://www.reabic.net/journals/mbi/2013/1/MBI_2013_1_Choi_etal.pdf

Internet

http://www.reabic.net/journals/mbi/2013/1/MBI_2013_1_Choi_etal.pdf

Similar Items