Field evidence of dispersal of branchiopods, ostracods and bryozoans by teal (Anas crecca) in the Camargue (southern France)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 637, Issue , 2010, Pages 255-261

  Brochet, A L ^a,b   Gauthier Clerc, M ^a   Guillemain, M ^b   Fritz, H ^c   Waterkeyn, A ^a,d   Baltanas A ^e   Green, A J ^f  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^b OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^f DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bryozoa; Cladocera; Endozoochory; Exozoochory; Ostracoda; Passive dispersal

Indexed keywords

BIRDS;

BRYOZOA; CLADOCERA; ENDOZOOCHORY; EXOZOOCHORY; OSTRACODA; PASSIVE DISPERSAL;

BIOFOULING;

BRACHIOPOD; BRYOZOAN; DISPERSAL; HATCHING; OSTRACOD; PROPAGULE; WATERFOWL; ZOOCHORY;

BOUCHES DU RHONE; CAMARGUE; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR;

ANAS CRECCA; AVES; BRANCHIOPODA; BRYOZOA; CLADOCERA; INVERTEBRATA; OSTRACODA; PLUMATELLIDA;

EID: 74249123591     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9975-6     Document Type: Article

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