Drought-Induced, Punctuated Loss of Freshwater Mussels Alters Ecosystem Function Across Temporal Scales

Traci P. DuBose; Carla L. Atkinson; Caryn C. Vaughn; Stephen W. Golladay

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Drought-Induced, Punctuated Loss of Freshwater Mussels Alters Ecosystem Function Across Temporal Scales

Traci P. DuBose Carla L. Atkinson Caryn C. Vaughn Stephen W. Golladay

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Traci P. DuBose, Carla L. Atkinson, Caryn C. Vaughn, et al. (2019). Drought-Induced, Punctuated Loss of Freshwater Mussels Alters Ecosystem Function Across Temporal Scales. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00274

Drought-Induced, Punctuated Loss of Freshwater Mussels Alters Ecosystem Function Across Temporal Scales

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