Veligers of an introduced bivalve, Limnoperna fortunei, are a new food resource that enhances growth of larval fish in the Paraná River (South America)

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1831-1844

  Paolucci, Esteban M ^a,b   Thuesen, Erik V ^c   Cataldo, Daniel H ^a,b,d   Boltovskoy, Demetrio ^a,b,d  

^a MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^c EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Exotic bivalve; Growth; Larval fish; Limnoperna fortunei; Veligers

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; LIMNOPERNA FORTUNEI; PROCHILODUS LINEATUS;

EID: 77955761083     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02418.x     Document Type: Article

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