Competition between the freshwater sponge ephydatia fluviatilis and the zebra mussel dreissena polymorpha in lake trasimeno (central Italy)

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-32

  Gaino, Tisza Lancioni Elda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benthic competitors; Biological control; Exotic species; Sponges; Zebra mussel

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAKE TRASIMENO; PERUGIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UMBRIA; WORLD;

DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; EPHYDATIA FLUVIATILIS; MOLLUSCA; SPONGILLIDAE;

EID: 17944378384     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000509356649     Document Type: Article

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