Diets of two congeneric species of crayfish worm (Annelida: Clitellata: Branchiobdellidae) from Western Canada

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 289-296

  Gale, K S P ^a   Proctor, H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE STRUCTURE; ANNELID; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COEXISTENCE; CRUSTACEAN; DIATOM; DIET; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; JUVENILE; NICHE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STATISTICAL CONCEPT; SYMBIONT;

CANADA;

ANNELIDA; ASTACOIDEA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BRANCHIOBDELLIDAE; CAMBARINCOLA; CHIROCEPHALUS; CLITELLATA; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; ORCONECTES VIRILIS; ROTIFERA;

EID: 79953859188     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z11-003     Document Type: Article

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