title: Environmental factors regulating the population dynamics and reproductive strategy of freshwater mussel Parreysia corrugata in the Padma River, Bangladesh
abstract: Freshwater mussel <i>Parreysia corrugata</i> is an ecologically important species endemic to south-east Asia, which has been suffering from a dramatic decline in recent years. The present study investigated the population dynamics and reproductive strategy of <i>P. corrugata</i> in a changing climate of Bangladesh waters. Mussels were sampled monthly from January to December 2021 from the Padma River near the Rajshahi city of Bangladesh. A total of 809 specimens were collected with a sizes rangi
journal: Heliyon