Local and Temporal Distributions and a new Dispersal Phenomenon of the Freshwater Mussel Nitia Teretiuscula (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in the River Nile at Sohag Governorate, Egypt
The unionid freshwater mussel Nitia teretiuscula (Philippi, 1847) was collected from the River Nile at Sohag Governorate. Both the spatial and temporal distributions were investigated using a systematic sampling technique. In addition, the inter-relationships between the abundance of the studied species and some measured environmental factors was examined. The abundance of the mussel fluctuated during most of the year and ... Read more