Feeding rates and food conversion efficiencies in the apple snail pomacea canaliculata (Caenogastropoda: Ampullariidae)

Malacologia

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 221-232

  Tamburi, Nicols E ^a   Martín, Pablo R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Agricultural damage; Allometry; Growth; Invader; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

AMPULLARIIDAE; BASOMMATOPHORA; CAENOGASTROPODA; GASTROPODA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; POMACEA; POMACEA CANALICULATA;

EID: 77149148192     PISSN: 00762997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4002/040.051.0201     Document Type: Article

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