Preliminary observations on the timing and geometry of foraging activity in the intertidal pulmonate limpet Siphonaria pectinata

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 459-465

  Ocana T M J ^a   Emson, R H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC; SIZE EFFECT;

GIBRALTAR;

GASTROPODA; SIPHONARIA PECTINATA;

EID: 0032764215     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315498000587     Document Type: Article

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