Route selection in the foraging of Patella vulgata (Mollusca: Gastropoda)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1223-1232

  Chelazzi, G ^a   Santini, G ^a   Della Santina, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MOLLUSC; ORIENTATION;

UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; PATELLA VULGATA; PATELLIDAE;

EID: 0032427375     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0025315400044441     Document Type: Article

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