Growth and survival of the Florida apple snail (Pomacea paludosa) fed 3 naturally occurring macrophyte assemblages

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 84-95

  Sharfstein, B ^a   Steinman, A D ^a  

^a SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Apple snail; Ecological stoichiometry; Food quality; Lake Okeechobee; Littoral zone; Plant herbivore interaction

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH; SNAIL; SURVIVAL;

FLORIDA; LAKE OKEECHOBEE; UNITED STATES;

ELEOCHARIS; GASTROPODA; POMACEA PALUDOSA; UTRICULARIA; ALGAE; MALUS X DOMESTICA; ROSTRHAMUS;

EID: 0035111848     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468190     Document Type: Article

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