Consumptive effects of crayfish limit snail populations

Freshwater Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1298-1308

  Dorn, Nathan J ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density mediated; Direct trait effect; Non consumptive effects; Non lethal; Physa; Trait mediated

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CRAYFISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MESOCOSM; PERIPHYTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SNAIL; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ASTACOIDEA; GASTROPODA; PHYSA; PHYSIDAE; PLANORBELLA DURYI; PLANORBIDAE; PROCAMBARUS ALLENI; PROCAMBARUS FALLAX;

EID: 84888265060     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/12-157.1     Document Type: Article

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