Who cares about a vanishing clam? Trophic importance of Mulinia coloradoensis inferred from predatory damage

Palaios

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 296-302

  Cintra Buenrostro, Carlos E ^a   Flessa, Karl W ^a   Avila Serrano, Guillermo ^b  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAM CONSTRUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; PREDATION;

COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; MULINIA COLORADOENSIS; PORTUNIDAE;

EID: 21344473421     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2004.p04-21     Document Type: Article

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