Effects of food type, feeding frequency, and temperature on juvenile survival and growth of Marisa cornuarietis (Mollusca: Gastropoda)

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 106-116

  Selck, Henriette ^a   Aufderheide, John ^b   Pounds, Nadine ^c   Staples, Charles ^d   Caspers, Norbert ^e   Forbes, Valery ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b ABC Laboratories Incorporated   (United States)

^c ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^d Assessment Technologies Inc   (United States)

^e BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diet; Ecotoxicological testing; Husbandry; Life history

Indexed keywords

GASTROPODA; LACTUCA; MARISA CORNUARIETIS; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 33744728094     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: 17447410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2006.00045.x     Document Type: Article

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