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Freshwater Mussels of Florida by James D. Williams, Mr. Robert S. Butler M.S., Mr. Gary L. Warren B.S., Dr. Nathan A. Johnson Ph.D is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

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An exhaustive guide to all aspects of the freshwater mussel fauna in Florida, __Freshwater Mussels of Florida__ covers the ecology, biology, distribution, and conservation of the many species of bivalve mollusks in the Sunshine State. In the past three decades, researchers, the public, businesses that depend on wildlife, and policy makers have given more attention to the threatened natural diversity of the Southeast, including freshwater mussels. This compendium meets the increasingly urgent need to catalog this imperiled group of aquatic organisms in the United States. Each entry in this definitive guide provides a detailed description and multiple depictions of the species as well as select characteristics of its soft anatomy and miscellaneous notes of interest. Individual distribution maps pinpoint the historical and present occurrence of each bivalve species and are just one component of the rich set of 307 mussel and habitat photographs, seventy-four maps, and thirteen tables that illustrate the book. Of particular interest are remarkable electron micrographs of __glochidia__, the specialized larval life history stage parasitic upon fishes. __Freshwater Mussels of Florida__ wi

Who reads Freshwater Mussels of Florida?

Author

James D. Williams, Mr. Robert S. Butler M.S., Mr. Gary L. Warren B.S., Dr. Nathan A. Johnson Ph.D

Publisher

The University of Alabama Press

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780817387792

Category

science

Subjects

Science, Nature, Agriculture

Rating

4.1 / 5 (6 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14