Diatom grazing by Aegla uruguayana (Decapoda: Anomura: Aeglidae): Digestibility and cell viability after gut passage

Annales de Limnologie

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 73-77

  Devercelli, M ^a   Williner, V ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LIMNOLOGÍA CONICET UNL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cell viability; Faeces; Freshwater anomuran; Grazing; Gut passage

Indexed keywords

CRAB; DIATOM; DIGESTIBILITY; FECES; GRAZING; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

ARGENTINA; ENTRE RIOS; SOUTH AMERICA;

AEGLA URUGUAYANA; AEGLIDAE; ANOMURA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 33745846747     PISSN: 00034088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/limn/2006011     Document Type: Article

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