Role of mucus trails and trail-following in the behaviour and nutrition of the periwinkle Littorina littorea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 179, Issue , 1999, Pages 247-257

  Davies, Mark S ^a   Beckwith, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphora coffeaeformis; Littorina littorea; Microalgae; Mucus; Nutrition; Tetraselmis suecica; Trail following

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LOCOMOTION; MOLLUSC; MUCUS; NUTRITION;

AMPHORA COFFEAEFORMIS; ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LITTORINA LITTOREA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); MOLLUSCA; PRASINOPHYCEAE; TETRASELMIS SUECICA;

EID: 0033561196     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps179247     Document Type: Article

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