The occurrence of the Asian Clam Corbicula fluminea in the lowe amazon basin

This paper records for the first time the presence of Corbicula fluminea (Philipi, 1844) in the Brazilian Amazon Basin. This exotic bivalve was found in localities on the Amazonas, Pará and Tocantins rivers. Density and population size structure were measured in some localities. Mean density is betw...

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Main Authors: Colin Robert BEASLEY, Claudia Helena TAGLIARO, Wilsea Batista FIGUEIREDO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia 2003-06-01
Series:Acta Amazonica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672003000200317&tlng=en