Short- and long-term movements of the patellid limpet Patella flexuosa within gaps in intertidal mussel beds

Journal of Molluscan Studies

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 295-301

  Iwasaki, Keiji ^a  

^a NARA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MUSSEL CULTURE; SHELL BED;

ANIMALIA; HORMOMYA MUTABILIS; MYTILIDAE; PATELLA FLEXUOSA; PATELLIDAE;

EID: 0032825607     PISSN: 02601230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mollus/65.3.295     Document Type: Article

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