Plant palatability and disturbance level in aquatic habitats: An experimental approach using the snail Lymnaea stagnalis (L.)

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 931-940

  Elger, Arnaud ^a   Barrat Segretain, Marie Hélène ^a   Amoros, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Aquatic macrophytes; Disturbance; Herbivory; Life history traits; Nutrient status

Indexed keywords

HERBIVORY; MACROPHYTE; PALATABILITY; SNAIL;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEA STAGNALIS;

EID: 0036253384     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2002.00820.x     Document Type: Article

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