Effects of three Orconectes crayfishes on epilithic microalgae: A laboratory experiment

Crustaceana

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 845-855

  Luttenton, Mark R ^a   Horgan, Martin J ^a,c   Lodge, David M ^b  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c One Migratory Way   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; GRAZING; PERIPHYTON; SNAIL;

AMNICOLA; DECAPODA; GASTROPODA; ORCONECTES;

EID: 0031650266     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854098X00860     Document Type: Article

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