Dispersal of the fairy shrimp Branchinecta coloradensis (Anostraca): Effects of hydroperiod and salamanders

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 3 I, 1999, Pages 487-493

  Bohonak, Andrew J ^a,b,d   Whiteman, Howard H ^b,c  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DESICCATION; DISPERSAL; HATCHING; PREDATION;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM NEBULOSUM; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; ANOSTRACA; BRANCHINECTA COLORADENSIS; CAUDATA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032906709     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.3.0487     Document Type: Article

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