Mouthpart morphology of Gammarus roeseui compared to a successful invader, Dikerogammarus villosus (Amphipoda)

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-174

  Mayer, Gerd ^a   Maier, Gerhard ^b   Maas, Andreas ^a   Waloszek, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b Bureau of Aquatic Ecology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dikerogammarus villosus; Feeding; Functional morphology; Gammarus roeselii; Invasive species

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; DIKEROGAMMARUS VILLOSUS; GAMMARIDEA; GAMMARUS; PONTOGAMMARIDAE;

EID: 66549096634     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/08-3056R.1     Document Type: Article

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