Abundance and microdistribution of freshwater gastropods in three streams of Moorea, French Polynesia

Annales de Limnologie

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 235-244

  Tina Liu, H T ^a   Resh, V H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b 201 Wellman Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Benthos; Clithon; Melanoides; Molluscs; Neritina; Oceania; S alinity; Septaria; Snails; Thiara

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HABITAT PREFERENCE; MICROHABITAT; SPATIAL DISTIRBUTION; STREAM;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; MOOREA;

ANIMALIA; CLITHON; CLITHON SPINOSA; GASTROPODA; MELANOIDES; MELANOIDES TUBERCULATA; MOLLUSCA; NERITIDAE; NERITINA; NERITINA AURICULATA; NERITINA CANALIS; NERITINA TURRITA; OCEANIA; PORCELLANA; SEPTARIA; SEPTARIA PORCELLANA; TAREBIA GRANIFERA; THIARA; THIARA GRANIFERA; THIARIDAE;

EID: 2642702616     PISSN: 00034088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/limn/1997022     Document Type: Article

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