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Growth and longevity in freshwater mussels: evolutionary and conservation implications.
Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society - 1 Feb 2011
Haag Wendell R, Rypel Andrew L
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The amount of energy allocated to growth versus other functions is a fundamental feature of an organism's life history. Constraints on energy availability result in characteristic trade-offs among life-history traits and reflect strategies by which organisms adapt to their environments. Freshwate...
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