Impacts of the invading golden mussel Limnoperna fortunei on Zooplankton: A mesocosm experiment

Zoological Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 733-744

  Molina, Florencia Rojas ^a   de Paggi, Susana José ^a,b   Frau, Diego ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cladocera; Phytoplankton; Rotifera; Suspension feeding bivalves

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; BOSMINA; CLADOCERA; DIAPHANOSOMA; KERATELLA; LIMNOPERNA FORTUNEI; MOLLUSCA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 84868587906     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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