Feeding dynamics of the invasive gastropod Tarebia granifera in coastal and estuarine lakes of northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 442-449

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aquatic invertebrates; Carbon budget; Gut fluorescence technique; ISimangaliso Wetland Park; Non indigenous invasive species

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CARBON BUDGET; COASTAL ZONE; DETRITUS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING; FLUORESCENCE; GASTROPOD; INVASIVE SPECIES; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOBENTHOS; PIGMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SNAIL; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; WORLD HERITAGE SITE;

ISIMANGALISO WETLAND PARK; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; TAREBIA GRANIFERA;

EID: 78751571093     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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