Interspecific competition and rarity in mudsnails: Feeding interactions between and within Hydrobia acuta neglecta and sympatric Hydrobia species

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 485-493

  Barnes, R S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Conservation; Egestion; Habitat requirements; Hydrobiids; Lagoons; Marine gastropods

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; RARITY; SNAIL; SYMPATRY;

EAST ANGLIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

GASTROPODA; HYDROBIA; HYDROBIA ACUTA NEGLECTA; HYDROBIA ULVAE; HYDROBIA VENTROSA; HYDROBIIDAE;

EID: 25444467732     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.677     Document Type: Article

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