Freshwater snail Pomacea bridgesii (Gastropoda: Ampullariidae), life history traits and aquaculture potential

AACL Bioflux

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 161-168

  Coelho, Ana R A ^a,b   Calado, Gonçalo J P ^c,d   Dinis, Maria T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b Instituto Portugues de Malacologia   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Freshwater; Ornamental; Pomacea bridgesii; Snail

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865168542     PISSN: 18448143     EISSN: 18449166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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