Some Aspects of Diet and Foraging Behavior of Octopus dofleini (WüLKER, 1910) in its Northernmost Range

Marine Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-29

  Vincent, T L S ^a,b   Scheel, D ^a   Hough, K R ^a  

^a PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Cephalopod; Diet; Foraging behavior; Octopus dofleini

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR;

USA, ALASKA, PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND;

CEPHALOPODA; OCTOPUS DOFLEINI;

EID: 0031849051     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.1998.tb00450.x     Document Type: Article

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