The microdistribution of three uncommon freshwater gastropods in the drainage ditches of British grazing marshes

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 221-236

  Watson, Alisa M ^a   Ormerod, S J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Drainage ditches; Freshwater molluscs; Grazing marsh; Habitat requirements; Management; Microdistribution

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DRAIN; HABITAT; MARSH; WETLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANISUS; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; NOTOSCOPELUS; SEGMENTINA NITIDA; VALVATA;

EID: 2942731680     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.611     Document Type: Review

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