Influence of puffer predation on vertical distribution of mangrove littorinids in the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica

Oecologia

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 433-442

  Duncan, R Scot ^a,b   Szelistowski, William A ^a,c  

^a ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Intertidal; Littorinidae; Mangrove; Predation; Tetraodontidae

Indexed keywords

MANGROVE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0032416210     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050678     Document Type: Article

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