Dispersal of the estuarine gastropod Pyrazus ebeninus is only weakly influenced by pneumatophore density

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 340, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-69

  Bishop, Melanie J ^a   Kelaher, Brendan P ^a   Sharp, Simon M ^a   Verhoeven, Mirella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body size; Complexity; Displacement; Gastropod; Pneumatophores

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMPLEXITY; DISPERSAL; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GASTROPOD; SNAIL;

GASTROPODA; PYRAZUS EBENINUS;

EID: 33750628132     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2006.08.009     Document Type: Article

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