Snail herbivory on submerged macrophytes and nutrient release: Implications for macrophyte management

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1664-1667

  Li, Kuan Yi ^a,d   Liu, Zheng Wen ^a,b   Hu, Yao Hui ^a   Yang, Hong Wei ^a,c  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Grazing; Nutrient release; Snail; Submerged plants

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION RATES; FRESHWATER SNAILS; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; LAKE TAIHU; LARGE SIZES; MACROPHYTES; NUTRIENT RELEASE; POTAMOGETON MALAIANUS; RELEASE RATE; SELECTIVE GRAZING; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SNAIL; SUBMERGED MACROPHYTES; SUBMERGED PLANTS; VALLISNERIA;

NUTRIENTS;

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GRAZING; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MACROPHYTE; NUTRITION; SHALLOW WATER; SIZE EFFECT; SNAIL; SUBMERGED VEGETATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIHU LAKE;

BASOMMATOPHORA; GASTROPODA; HYDRILLA VERTICILLATA; POTAMOGETON MALAIANUS; RADIX SWINHOEI; VALLISNERIA SPIRALIS;

EID: 70349731644     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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