Behaviour and energetics of whelks, Buccinum undatum (L.), feeding on animals killed by beam trawling

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-62

  Evans, Paul L ^a   Kaiser, Michel J ^b   Hughes, Roger N ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beam trawl; By catch; Energy flow; Scavenging; Whelks

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; SATIETY; SEA URCHIN; SPECIES;

BUCCINUM UNDATUM; LIOCARCINUS DEPURATOR; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA; SPATANGUS PURPUREUS; TRISOPTERUS MINUTUS;

BEAM TRAWL; BIOENERGETICS; BOTTOM TRAWLS; DIET; ENERGETICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; SCAVENGERS; SCAVENGING; WHELK;

EID: 0030114723     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-0981(95)00144-1     Document Type: Article

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