Substrate preference in settling zebra mussels Dreissena polymorpha

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 263-270

  Czarnołȩski, Marcin ^a   Michalczyk, Łukasz ^a   Pajdak Stós, Agnieszka ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antipredator strategy; Larval settlement; Substrate complexity; Substrate selection

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BIVALVE; CHEMICAL CUE; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; RECRUITMENT; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE;

BIVALVIA; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; DREISSENIDAE;

EID: 18244430347     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2004/0159-0263     Document Type: Article

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