Migration patterns, densities, and growth of Neritina punctulata snails in Rio Espiritu Santo and Rio Mameyes, Northeastern Puerto Rico

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 338-347

  Pyron, Mark ^a   Covich, Alan P ^b  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SNAIL;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO; RIO ESPIRITU SANTO; RIO MAMEYES;

AVES; CRUSTACEA; GASTROPODA; NERITIDAE; NERITINA; PISCES;

EID: 0942267423     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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