Alarm responses of the green sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis, induced by chemically labelled durophagous predators and simulated acts of predation

Marine Biology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 365-374

  Hagen, Nils T ^a   Andersen, A ^a,c   Stabell, O B ^b,d  

^a NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c Argus Miljø as ^*  (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; CHEMICAL CUE; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANARHICHAS LUPUS; ASTERIAS RUBENS; ASTEROIDEA; BIVALVIA; CANCER PAGURUS; CANCRIDAE; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ECHINOIDEA; ECHINOMERMELLA; ECHINOMERMELLA MATSI; LYTECHINUS VARIEGATUS; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS EDULIS; NEMATODA; PAGURUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS;

EID: 0036934568     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270100694     Document Type: Article

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