Predation on the endangered tidewater goby, Eucyclogobius newberryi, by the introduced african clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, with notes on the frog's parasites

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 1997, Pages 589-592

  Lafferty, Kevin D ^a   Page, Carl J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; EUCYCLOGOBIUS NEWBERRYI; XENOPUS (GENUS); XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030849788     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447564     Document Type: Review

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