Shell strength of mud snails (Ilyanassa obsoleta) may deter foraging by diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin)

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 224-229

  Tucker, Anton D ^a   Yeomans, S Rebecca ^b   Gibbons, J Whitfield ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EMYDIDAE; GASTROPODA; ILYANASSA; ILYANASSA OBSOLETA; INVERTEBRATA; LITTORINA IRRORATA; MALACLEMYS TERRAPIN; UCA;

EID: 0030746015     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2426670     Document Type: Article

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