Shoreward orientation involving geomagnetic cues in the nudibranch mollusc Tritonia diomedea

Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 181-192

  Willows, A O Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetism; Nudibranch mollusc; Shoreward movement; Tritonia diomedea

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MIGRATION; MOLLUSC; ORIENTATION;

ANIMALIA; DIOMEDEA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; NUDIBRANCHIA; TRITONIA DIOMEDEA; TRITONIA DIOMEDIA;

EID: 0032727316     PISSN: 10236244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236249909379046     Document Type: Article

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