Foraging and associated behavior by Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849 on a coral atoll, French Polynesia

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 209, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 15-31

  Forsythe, John W ^a   Hanlon, Roger T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cephalopod; Coral reef; Foraging behavior; Octopus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; NONHUMAN; OCTOPUS; POLYNESIA; PREDATION;

OCTOPUS CYANEA; CEPHALOPODA;

ATOLL; CORAL REEFS; FORAGING; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; OCTOPUS; PREDATION; VISION;

FRENCH POLYNESIA;

EID: 0031550325     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(96)00057-3     Document Type: Article

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