Effects of tadpole grazing on periphytic algae in ponds

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 135-139

  Loman, Jon ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anura; Feeding; Ponds; Pulmonata; Snails; Tadpoles

Indexed keywords

ALGA; GRAZING PRESSURE; PERIPHYTON;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ANURA; EUKARYOTA; GASTROPODA; LYMNAEA; PLANORBIS; PULMONATA;

EID: 0035045835     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011106417883     Document Type: Article

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