Effects of zebra and quagga mussel (Dreissena spp.) invasion on the feeding habits of sternotherus odoratus (Stinkpot) on Presque Isle, Northwestern Pennsylvania

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 365-374

  Patterson, James C ^a,b   Lindeman, Peter V ^a  

^a EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DREISSENA; DREISSENA BUGENSIS; EQUUS SUBG. HIPPOTIGRIS; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; STERNOTHERUS ODORATUS; TESTUDINES; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 77649290195     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/045.016.n305     Document Type: Article

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