Feeding preferences for juvenile and adult algae depend on algal stage and herbivore species

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 180, Issue , 1999, Pages 179-185

  Van Alstyne, Kathryn L ^a,b   Ehlig, Janette M ^a   Whitman, Shauna L ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown algae; Development; Food preferences; Herbivory; Juveniles

Indexed keywords

AGE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HERBIVORY; MACROALGA; ONTOGENY;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0033519375     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps180179     Document Type: Article

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