Zebra and Quagga Mussels (Dreissena spp.) and other prey of a Lake Erie population of common map turtles (Emydidae: Graptemys geographica)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2006, Pages 268-273

  Lindeman, Peter V ^a  

^a EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; DIET; PREY PREFERENCE; TURTLE;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; CORBICULA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA; DREISSENA; DREISSENA BUGENSIS; EMYDIDAE; GASTROPODA; GRAPTEMYS; GRAPTEMYS GEOGRAPHICA; LEPTOCERIDAE; MOLLUSCA; TESTUDINES; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 33744796224     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2006)6[268:ZAQMDS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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