Behavioral responses of the sea urchin Tetrapygus niger to perdators and food

Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-37

  Rodriguez, Sebastian R ^a   Ojeda, F Patricio ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Food; Movement; Predators; Sea urchin; Tetrapygus

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ECHINODERM; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PREDATION;

ECHINOIDEA; TETRAPYGUS NIGER;

EID: 0032464457     PISSN: 0091181X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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