A link between predator density and arm loss in the starfish Marthasterias glacialis and Asterias rubens

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 565-566

  Ramsay, Kirsten ^a   Turner, John R ^a   Vize, Samantha J ^a   Richardson, Christopher A ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; INJURY; PREDATOR;

IRELAND;

ASTERIAS RUBENS; ASTEROIDEA; CANCER PAGURUS; LUIDIA CILIARIS; MARTHASTERIAS GLACIALIS;

EID: 0033873896     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315400002356     Document Type: Article

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