Observations on defensive interactions between predatory dogwhelks, Nucella lapillus (L.) and mussels, Mytilus edulis L.

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 206, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 133-147

  Davenport, J ^a   Moore, P G ^a   LeComte, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Defensive interactions; Dogwhelks; Littorina littorea; Mussels; Mytilus edulis; Nucella lapillus; Winkles

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MUSSEL; PREDATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

MYTILUS EDULIS; NUCELLA LAPILLUS; BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA;

COMMON DOGWHELK; DEFENSIVE INTERACTION; DEFENSIVE INTERACTIONS; MOLLUSCS; MUSSEL; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

EID: 0030302546     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(96)02628-7     Document Type: Article

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