Feeding of the exotic Louisiana red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii (Crustacea, Decapoda), in an African tropical lake: Lake Naivasha, Kenya

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 488, Issue , 2002, Pages 129-142

  Smart, Andrew C ^a,d   Harper, David M ^a   Malaisse, François ^b   Schmitz, Sophie ^b   Coley, Stephanie ^a   Gouder De Beauregard, Anne Christine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

^c Laboratoire d'Ecologie   (Belgium)

^d Duchy College   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Freshwater crayfish; Omnivory; Submerged aquatic macrophytes

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

INSECTS;

FISHERIES;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CRAYFISH; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTRODUCED SPECIES; OMNIVORY; PLANT COMMUNITY;

KENYA;

ANIMALIA; ASTACOIDEA; CAMBARIDAE; CRUSTACEA; EICHHORNIA; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; HEXAPODA; HYACINTHUS; INSECTA; PROCAMBARUS; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 0038579392     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023326530914     Document Type: Conference Paper

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