Studies on brackish water clams of the genus Rangia in Texas.

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dc.acquisition-srcen_US
dc.call-noShelved with Journal of Shellfish Researchen_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorHopkins, S.H.en_US
dc.contributor.otherProceedings of the National Shellfisheries Associationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T16:49:00Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T16:49:00Z
dc.date.issued1970en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.descriptionp. 5-6.en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractIt has long been known that Rangia Cuneata and Rangia (Rangianella) flexuosa, though members of the marine family Mactridae, are rare in the saltier lower portions of bays and become more abundant in the upper portions (bay heads) where salinity is lowest and fluctuates most violently. Only recently has it been recognized that even the bay heads have salinities above the optimum for Rangia spp., and that R. cuneata, especially, attains its maximum abundance far up the river where the water is fresh more than half the time. R. flexuosa is less abundant than R. cuneata everywhere it occurs except in Clear Lake and perhaps in other lake estuaries on the west side of Galveston Bay. In Texas, R. cuneata is reported from the Nueces River, from Green Lake and Mission Lake (in the Guadalupe River delta), from the San Jacinto River, from the delta distributaries of the Trinity River, and from the Neches River and Sabine River, as well as from St. Charles Bay, Hynes Bay, Matagorda Bay, Lavaca Bay, upper Galveston Bay, Trinity Bay, East Bay and Sabine Lake (a lake estuary).en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeGalveston Bayen_US
dc.geo-codeWest Bayen_US
dc.geo-codeTrinity Bayen_US
dc.geo-codeTrinity Riveren_US
dc.geo-codeSan Jacinto Riveren_US
dc.geo-codeEast Bayen_US
dc.geo-codeClear Lakeen_US
dc.geo-codeTexas coasten_US
dc.geo-codeNeches Riveren_US
dc.geo-codeNueces Riveren_US
dc.geo-codeGuadalupe Riveren_US
dc.geo-codeSabine Riveren_US
dc.historyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/18985
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationTAMUG periodical collectionen_US
dc.longitudeen_US
dc.notesen_US
dc.placeEaston, Marylanden_US
dc.publisherEconomy Printing Companyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries1242.00en_US
dc.relation.urien_US
dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesen_US
dc.subjectbrackishwater molluscsen_US
dc.subjectRangia cuneataen_US
dc.subjectRangia flexuosaen_US
dc.subjectclamsen_US
dc.subjectabundanceen_US
dc.subjectecological distributionen_US
dc.subjectsalinityen_US
dc.subjectsalinity toleranceen_US
dc.titleStudies on brackish water clams of the genus Rangia in Texas.en_US
dc.typeChapteren_US
dc.universityen_US
dc.vol-issue60en_US

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