Aspects of the population dynamics and physiological ecology of the gastropod Physella cubensis (Pulmonata: Physidae) living in a warm-temperate stream and ephemeral pond habitat

Malacologia

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 333-348

  Thomas, Donald L ^a   McClintock, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Food quality; Physella cubensis; Physiological ecology; Population dynamics; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 23144439218     PISSN: 00762997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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