Muskrat (ondatra zibethicus) predation on zebra mussels (dreissena polymorpha) attached to unionid bivalves

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-32

  Sietman, Bernard E ^a   Dunn, Heidi L ^b   Tucker, John K ^c   Kelner, Daniel E ^d  

^a Ecological Specialists Inc ^*  (United States)

^b Ecological Specialists Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIDDEN; MOLLUSC; PREDATION; PREY SELECTION; RODENT;

BIVALVIA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; MOLLUSCA; ONDATRA; ONDATRA ZIBETHICA; ONDATRA ZIBETHICUS; RODENTIA; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 0037363417     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2003.9663948     Document Type: Article

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