Size selective predation on an invasive bivalve, Limnoperna fortunei (Mytilidae), by a freshwater crab, Zilchiopsis collastinensis (Trichodactylidae)

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 698-710

  Torres, María V ^a   Giri, Federico ^b   Williner, Verónica ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LIMNOLOGÍA CONICET UNL   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

feeding selective behavior; freshwater crab; non native mollusk; size selection; Zilchiopsis collastinensis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865430257     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/193724012X649444     Document Type: Article

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