Guide to intertidal bivalves in southwest Alaska national parks
Lees DC. 2006. Guide to intertidal bivalves in southwest Alaska national parks. NPS/AKRSWAN/NRTR-2006/02. National Park Service Southwest Alaska Network. Anchorage, AK
The purpose of this guide is to provide assistance to visitors to the Southwest Alaska Network (SWAN) national parks and National Park Service staff in identifying, understanding, and enjoying bivalves found in intertidal sediments in the SWAN parks. We have provided brief sections on the ecology of these clams, including comments on their habitats and feeding types, and a descriptive guide to the clams. The descriptive guide includes drawings and photographs to depict the appearance of the clams both in the hand and, where possible, the appearance of distinguishing indicators of their presence in the field. For each species, we have included a brief description of the clam, its typical habitat, and its distribution among the parks and in the North Pacific.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Lees, Dennis
- Date of Issue
- 2006-05
- Publisher
- National Park Service Southwest Alaska Network
- Units
- KATM , KEFJ , LACL , SWAN
- Keywords
- Bivalve, Infauna, Intertidal, Inventory, Katmai National Park And Preserve, Kenai Fjords National Park, Lake Clark National Park And Preserve, soft-sediment, Southwest Alaska Network