Habitat selection and shelter use by Octopus tetricus

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 150, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 137-148

  Anderson, Tara J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Habitat association; New Zealand; Octopus tetricus; Rocky Reef; Shelters

Indexed keywords

OCTOPUS TETRICUS; CEPHALOPODA;

HABITAT SELECTION; REEFS; SHELTER USE; SHELTERS;

NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 0030619273     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps150137     Document Type: Article

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