Factors affecting feeding rate, reproduction and growth of an oligochaete Lumbriculus variegatus (Müller)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 377, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 183-194

  Leppänen, Matti T ^a   Kukkonen, Jussi V K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Feeding rate; Growth; Lumbriculus; Reproduction; Sediment toxicity tests

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH; INGESTION RATE; REPRODUCTION;

LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS; OLIGOCHAETA;

EID: 0031735419     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003252520704     Document Type: Article

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