Predator damage and shell size on the diadromous snail Neritina virginea (Gastropoda: Neritidae) in the Mameyes River, Puerto Rico;Daños por depredación y tamaño de concha del caracol diádromo neritina virginea (gastropoda: Neritidae) en el río mameyes, puerto rico

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1069-1080

  Blanco Libreros, Juan Felipe ^a   Arroyave Rincón, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Diadromous snails; Predation; Shell damage; Size dependent effects

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLINULA CHLOROPUS; GASTROPODA; MACROBRACHIUM; NERITIDAE; NERITINA VIRGINEA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ECOSYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; PUERTO RICO; RIVER; SNAIL; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ECOSYSTEM; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PUERTO RICO; RIVERS; SNAILS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 77949894956     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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