Floods, habitat hydraulics and upstream migration of Neritina virginea (Gastropoda: Neritidae) in Northeastern Puerto Rico

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-74

  Blanco, Juan F ^a   Scatena, Frederick N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diadromy; Disturbances; Neotropical streams; Neritid snails; Physical habitat

Indexed keywords

MIGRATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; PUERTO RICO; WORLD;

GASTROPODA; NERITIDAE; NERITINA VIRGINEA;

EID: 18744377983     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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