Feeding ecology, density and biomass of the freshwater turtle, Phrynops geoffroanus, inhabiting a polluted urban river in south-eastern Brazil

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 252, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 437-446

  Souza, Franco Leandro ^a   Abe, Augusto Shinya ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomass; Brazil; Density; Phrynops geoffroanus; Turtle

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FEEDING ECOLOGY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION DENSITY; SEWAGE; TURTLE;

BRAZIL;

BLATTARIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; GASTROPODA; PHRYNOPS GEOFFROANUS; PLEURODIRA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034490355     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836900000194     Document Type: Article

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