Selective feeding by the aquatic oligochaete Tubifex tubifex (Tubificidae, Clitellata)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 463, Issue , 2001, Pages 133-140

  Rodriguez, Pilar ^a   Martinez Madrid, Maite ^a   Arrate, Jesús Angel ^a   Navarro, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Faeces; Feeding biology; Feeding selection; Tubifex; Tubificids

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CLAY; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; SILT;

FAECAL PELLETS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

ANNELID; FECAL PELLET; FEEDING; FOOD SELECTION;

ANNELIDA; CLITELLATA; TUBIFEX; TUBIFEX TUBIFEX; TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 0035520544     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013199507341     Document Type: Conference Paper

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