Publication details
Habitat requirements of the Czech Pisidium species (Mollusca: Bivalvia) and possible application to bioindication
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| Year of publication | 2006 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Zoology |
| Keywords | Pill clams; Czech Republic; habitat preferences |
| Description | Bivalve molluscs (especially pill-clams) are good bioindicators because of their bond with the substrate, they are sensitive to changes in flow and oxygen regimes, harmful substance cumulation in sediments as well as stream regulations (elimination of suitable habitats). Currently, fourteen species assigned to the genus Pisidium are known from the Czech Republic. Four species are restricted to running water habitats, three species inhabit only stagnant waters, and remaining seven species occur in both running and stagnant water habitats. Habitat requirements of individual species are different, thus communities of running-water pill-clams (altogether nine spp.) closely match with longitudial zones after Illies & Botosaneanu. |
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