The influence of periphyton biomass and density on grazing in Physella virgata

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 482, Issue , 2002, Pages 23-29

  King Lotufo, Elizabeth C ^a   Brown, Kenneth M ^a   Carman, Kevin R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density; Periphyton colonization; Snail grazing

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

PERIPHYTON BIOMASS;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIOMASS; GRAZING; PERIPHYTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNAIL;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; PHYSELLA; PHYSELLA VIRGATA;

EID: 0037104834     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021205805752     Document Type: Article

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