Factors affecting the distribution and abundance of two prosobranch snails in a thermal spring

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-79

  Laamrani, Hammou ^a   Khallayoune, Khalid ^a   Delay, Bernard ^b   Pointier, Jean Pierre ^c  

^a INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VÉTÉRINAIRE HASSAN II   (Morocco)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASTROPODA; MELANOIDES TUBERCULATA; MELANOPSIS PRAEMORSA;

EID: 0030899239     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.1997.9663510     Document Type: Article

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