The spatial arrangement of Neritina virginea (Gastropoda: Neritidae) during upstream migration in a split-channel reach

River Research and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 235-245

  Blanco, Juan F ^a,b,d   Scatena, Frederick N ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Diadromous fauna; Habitat selection; Hydraulic ecology; Neritid snails; Puerto Rico; Tropical streams

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; FLOW VELOCITY; FROUDE NUMBER; GASTROPOD; HABITAT SELECTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RIVER CHANNEL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; SUPERCRITICAL FLOW; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO; RIO MAMEYES;

GASTROPODA; NERITIDAE; NERITINA VIRGINEA;

EID: 33947491803     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.974     Document Type: Article

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