Invertebrate dispersal by aquatic mammals: A case study with nutria Myocastor coypus (Rodentia, Mammalia) in Southern France

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 654, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 267-271

  Waterkeyn, Aline ^a,b   Pineau, Olivier ^b   Grillas, Patrick ^b   Brendonck, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Tour du Valat Le Sambuc   (France)

Author keywords

Aquatic mammals; Ectozoochory; Macroinvertebrates; Myocastor coypus; Passive dispersal; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC MAMMALS; ECTOZOOCHORY; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MYOCASTOR COYPUS; PASSIVE DISPERSAL; ZOOPLANKTON;

MAMMALS;

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DISPERSAL; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GENOTYPE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NEW SPECIES; RODENT;

FRANCE;

ANNELIDA; BRYOZOA; COPEPODA; DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; MYOCASTOR COYPUS; MYOCASTORINAE; NEMATODA; OSTRACODA; RODENTIA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 77955774874     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0388-3     Document Type: Article

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