The snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum grows faster and is more active in the shade, independent of food quality

Oecologia

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-96

  Liess, A ^a,b   Lange, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Benthos; Ecological stoichiometry; Gastropod; Growth rate; Light:nutrient hypothesis; Periphyton

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; BENTHOS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIGHT INTENSITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PERIPHYTON; SNAIL; STOICHIOMETRY; STREAM CHANNEL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVER; SNAIL; SUNLIGHT;

ANIMALS; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVERS; SNAILS; SUNLIGHT;

NEW ZEALAND;

ALGAE; GASTROPODA; POTAMOPYRGUS ANTIPODARUM;

EID: 80051669656     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-1963-7     Document Type: Article

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