The worm re-turns: Hiding behavior of a tube-dwelling marine polychaete, Serpula vermicularis

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 186-193

  Dill, Lawrence M ^a   Fraser, Alex H G ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

antipredator behavior; food availability; hiding time; lost opportunity cost; polychaete; Serpula vermicularis; Serpulidae

Indexed keywords

SERPULA VERMICULARIS; POLYCHAETA;

FILTER FEEDING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HIDING; LOST-OPPORTUNITY COST; PROTECTIVE BEHAVIOUR; TUBE DWELLERS; TUBE-DWELLING WORM;

EID: 0030617758     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.2.186     Document Type: Article

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