The role of prey mobility in the population ecology of the nudibranch Cuthona nana (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia)

American Malacological Bulletin

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-25

  Folino, Nadine C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b WHEATON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeolidoidea; Hydractinia; Hydroidea; Nudibranchia; Population ecology; Predator prey

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031284028     PISSN: 07402783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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