Predation by the pile perch, Rhacochilus vacca, on aggregations of the gastropod Littorina sitkana

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 403-409

  Boulding, E G ^a   Pakes, D ^a   Kamel, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggregative response; Limiting factor; Population regulation

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SNAIL;

NORTH AMERICA;

GASTROPODA; LITTORINA SITKANA; RHACOCHILUS VACCA;

EID: 0034840503     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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