Density-dependent migration in an Amphiura filiformis (Amphiuridae, Echinodermata) infaunal population

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 159, Issue , 1997, Pages 121-131

  Rosenberg, Rutger ^a   Nilsson, Hans C ^a   Hollertz, Karin ^a   Hellman, Birthe ^a  

^a GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Competition; Dispersal; Food; Interaction; Random walk

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE STAR; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; INFAUNA; MIGRATION;

AMPHIURA FILIFORMIS; AMPHIURIDAE; ANIMALIA; ECHINODERMATA; OPHIUROIDEA;

EID: 0031590549     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps159121     Document Type: Article

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