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Factors Affecting Naiad Occurrence and Abundance

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Ecology and Evolution of the Freshwater Mussels Unionoida

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This topic will be treated on two levels: the level of populations and the level of communities. Within their areas of distribution, species’ population densities generally are determined by immigration, emigration, age-specific mortality rates and age-specific fertility. There is certainly migration of glochidia carrying fish, which will depend on the fish species and the duration of the parasitic stage. However, apart from catastrophic events like spates washing adults downstream (see Sect. 9.2.1.4), there are still no data available about the extent to which migration processes influence population dynamics among naiads.

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  1. Institut für Biologie I, Universität Freiburg, 79104, Hauptstr. 1, Freiburg, Germany

    Gerhard Bauer

  2. Institut für Zoologie, Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover, 30559, Bünteweg 17, Hannover, Germany

    Klaus Wächtler

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Bauer, G. (2001). Factors Affecting Naiad Occurrence and Abundance. In: Bauer, G., Wächtler, K. (eds) Ecology and Evolution of the Freshwater Mussels Unionoida. Ecological Studies, vol 145. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56869-5_9

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