Phenotypical improvement of morphological defences in the mussel Mytilus edulis induced by exposure to the predator Asterias rubens

Oikos

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 383-390

  Reimer, Olof ^a   Tedengren, Michael ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTERIAS RUBENS; MYTILUS EDULIS; BIVALVIA; MYTILIS EDULIS;

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENCE; BLUE MUSSEL;

EID: 0030303788     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3545878     Document Type: Article

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