Salinity and temperature tolerance of the invasive freshwater gastropod Tarebia granifera

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages

  Miranda, Nelson A F ^a   Perissinotto, Renzo ^a   Appleton, Christopher C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alien species; Aquatic mollusc; Lethal tolerance; South Africa; St Lucia Estuary

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ESTUARINE ORGANISM; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GASTROPOD; INVASIVE SPECIES; PARTHENOGENESIS; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SNAIL; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

KWAZULU-NATAL; SAINT LUCIA ESTUARY; SOUTH AFRICA;

GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; TAREBIA GRANIFERA;

EID: 77951793817     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: 19967489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/sajs.v106i3/4.156     Document Type: Article

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