Inter- and intra-population variations in the response of the whelkBuccinum undatum to the predatory asteroid Leptasterias polaris

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 142, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 193-201

  Rochette, Rémy ^a   McNeil, Jeremy N ^a   Himmelman, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allopatry; Buccinum undatum; Defensive responses; Gastropod; Ontogeny; Predation risk; Sympatry

Indexed keywords

BUCCINUM UNDATUM; LEPTASTERIAS POLARIS; ASTEROIDEA; GASTROPODA;

ALLOPATRIC POPULATIONS; ESCAPE RESPONSE; ESCAPE RESPONSES; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; STARFISH; SYMPATRIC POPULATIONS; WHELK;

EID: 0030303995     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps142193     Document Type: Article

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