Competitive grazers and the predatory whelk Lepsiella flindersi (Gastropoda: Muricidae) structure a mussel bed (Xenostrobus pulex) on a southwest Australian shore

Journal of Molluscan Studies

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 435-452

  Morton, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; MOLLUSC; PREDATION; ROCKY SHORE;

AUSTRALIA; KING GEORGE SHORE;

ANIMALIA; AUSTROMEGABALANUS; DICATHAIS ORBITA; GALEOLARIA CAESPITOSA; GASTROPODA; LEPSIELLA; LEPSIELLA FLINDERSI; MOLLUSCA; MURICIDAE; PATELLOIDA; PULEX; SERPULORBIS; SIPHO; SIPHONARIA; XENOSTROBUS; XENOSTROBUS PULEX;

EID: 0032693546     PISSN: 02601230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mollus/65.4.435     Document Type: Article

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