Rickettsia-Associated Mortality of the Yellow ClamMesodesma mactroides(Bivalvia: Mesodesmatidae) in Southern Brazil
Autor: | Luis H. Poersch, Luis Alberto Romano, Yuri Bovi Morais Carvalho |
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Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Zdroj: | Malacologia. 56:301-307 |
ISSN: | 2168-9075 0076-2997 |
DOI: | 10.4002/040.056.0217 |
Popis: | The yellow clam Mesodesma mactroides (Deshayes, 1854) is an intertidal sandy beach bivalve that is distributed from the southeast of Brazil (Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro State, 23°S) to Argentina (Isla del Jabali, Buenos Aires Province, 41°S) (Rios, 2009). Historically, the yellow clam had been considered an important economic resource (Coscaron, 1959). However, yellow clam populations collapsed as |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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