Predator-prey interactions between the naticids Euspira heros say and Neverita duplicata say and the Atlantic surfclam Spisula solidissima Dillwyn from Long Island to Delaware

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 413-422

  Dietl, Gregory P ^a   Alexander, Richard R ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreholes; Euspira heros; Naticids; Neverita duplicata; Site selectivity; Size selectivity; Spisula solidissima; Surfclam

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SIZE SELECTION; SITE SELECTIVITY;

USA, ATLANTIC COAST;

BIVALVIA; EUSPIRA HEROS; GASTROPODA; NEVERITA DUPLICATA; SPISULA SOLIDISSIMA;

EID: 0031418005     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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