Factors Affecting the Distribution and Abundance of Two Prosobranch Snails in a Thermal Spring
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- 1 March 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Freshwater Ecology
- Vol. 12 (1), 75-79
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02705060.1997.9663510
Abstract
We studied the distribuiton and abundance of two prosobranch snails (Melanopsis praemorsa and Melanoides tuberculata) in a thermal spring (27°C) in southeast Morocco. Of the physicochemical and ecological parameters measured, food availability and water velocity appeared to be the main factors affecting the spatial distribution of these snails.Keywords
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