Gut evacuation time of macrobrachium borellii (Caridea: Palaemonidae) feeding on three types of prey from the littoral-benthic community

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 630-634

  Carvalho, Dbora A ^a   Collins, Pablo A ^a   De Bonis, Cristian J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LIMNOLOGÍA CONICET UNL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Caridea; digestion; gut evacuation; Macrobrachium borellii; Paran River; prawn

Indexed keywords

ANNELIDA; CARIDEA; DIPTERA; MACROBRACHIUM BORELLII; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); PALAEMONIDAE;

EID: 80054052149     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/10-3446.1     Document Type: Article

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