Gluttonous feeding behavior in the rhabdocoel, macrostomum sp., induced by larvae of the asiatic clam, corbicula fluminea

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 135-137

  Sickel, James B ^a  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; LETHAL GLUTTONY;

BIVALVIA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA; MACROSTOMUM; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0031967773     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.1998.9663599     Document Type: Article

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