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pollen basket

that part of the hind leg of a hive or humble bee modified for carrying pollen. In some leaf-cutting bees the pollen basket lies below the abdomen.
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Evaluating sublethal indicators of stress in asiatic clams (Corbicula fluminea) caged in an urban stream.
Assessment of variation in age, growth, and prey of freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens) in the lower Missouri River
The invasive Asian Clam Corbicula fluminea tolerates fine sediment (Graney et al., 1980), and its numbers increase as sedimentation increases (Hall and Killen, 2005).
Effects of a dolomite quarry on an urban stream in Jefferson County, Alabama
Edward was originally treated as subspecies of radiata (Pilsbry & Bequaert 1927), Mandahl-Barth (1988) synonymized all African Corbicula under the name fluminalis with the exception of C.
Freshwater molluscs of the Eastern Congo: notes on taxonomy, biogeography and conservation
friderici Site LVen RBai RIvi RPar RBai RIvi Limnoperna fortunei Corbicula sp.
Quality and digestibility of food ingested by various trophic fish groups in the Upper Parana River floodplain
En la zona lacustre la clase Oligochaeta fue dominante en la mayoria de las estaciones a excepcion de la estacion del centro y margen derecha del embalse (E4-C y MD), en las que fue mas importante el pelecipodo invasor Corbicula fluminea.
Spatial and temporal succession of planktonic and benthic communities in periods after the filling phase of the Yacyreta reservoir (Parana River, Argentina- Paraguay)/Sucesion espacio-temporal del plancton y bentos en periodos posteriores al llenado del embalse Yacyreta (Rio Parana, Argentina-Paraguay)/Sucessao espaco-temporal do plancton e bentos em periodos posteriores ao enchimento...
More recently, novel sources of acidophilic xylanase had been identified from the gut environment of subterranean termites, Reticulitermes flavipes (Smith et al., 2009) and brackish-water clam, Corbicula japonica (Sakamoto & Toyohara, 2009).
Enhanced Production of Thermophilic Xylanase by Recombinant Escherichia coli DH5a through Optimization of Medium and Dissolved Oxygen Level
Due to their euriphagy, all these species have changed their diet because of the invasion by Corbicula fluminea and Limnoperna fortunei, mollusk from southeast Asian, in the Rio de la Plata basin (Ferriz et al., 2000; Garcia & Protogino, 2005).
From fresh water to the slope: fish community ecology in the Rio de la Plata and the sea beyond/Desde el agua dulce hasta el talud: ecologia de comunidades de peces en el Rio de la Plata y el mar adyacente
Brooding in Corbicula madagascariensis (Bivalvia, Corbiculidae) and the repeated evolution of viviparity in corbiculids.
Identification and role of carbohydrates on the surface of gametes in the zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha
Live specimens of the introduced bivalves Corbicula fluminea (Asian Clam) and Dreissena polymorpha (Zebra Mussel) were observed in low numbers at this site.
Discovery of a population of Cyclonaias tuberculata (Rafinesque), the Purple Wartyback Mussel (Bivalvia: Unionidae), in the Olentangy River, Delaware County, Ohio
Twenty-four freshwater mussel species and the introduced bivalve Corbicula fluminea (Muller, 1744) were recovered during the survey.
The unionid mussels (mollusca: bivalvia: unionidae) of the Big Blue River Basin of northeastern Kansas and southeastern Nebraska
Given that our study is the first complete survey of the Wolf River, we cannot comment on how many species have been lost due to habitat alteration, sedimentation, Asian clam (Corbicula fluminea, Muller, 1774) colonization, and pollution.
FRESHWATER MUSSELS (UNIONIDAE) OF THE WOLF RIVER IN WESTERN TENNESSEE AND MISSISSIPPI
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