Physical microhabitat effects on 3-dimensional spatial variability of the hydrobiid snail, Potamopyrgus antipodarum

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 357-367

  Holomuzki, Joseph R ^a   Biggs, Barry J F ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Burrowing; Current velocity density threshold; Hydraulic forces; Patch colonisation; Sediment size; Surface and subsurface sediment use

Indexed keywords

BURROWING; CENSUS; CURRENT VELOCITY; HABITAT USE; HYDRAULICS; MICROHABITAT; POPULATION DENSITY; SEDIMENT; SNAIL; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMWATER;

GASTROPODA; HYDROBIIDAE; POTAMOPYRGUS; POTAMOPYRGUS ANTIPODARUM;

EID: 39049108890     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330709509925     Document Type: Article

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