Consumption rates of two rotifer species by zebra mussels Dreissena polymorpha

Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 149-157

  Wong, Wai Hing ^a,b   Levinton, Jeffery S ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bivalve feeding; Dreissena polymorpha; Rotifers; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

FEEDING ECOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INVASIVE SPECIES; MOLLUSC; ZOOPLANKTON;

HUDSON RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BIVALVIA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; MOLLUSCA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 27844524936     PISSN: 10236244     EISSN: 10290362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13638490500174699     Document Type: Article

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