Behavioural responses of the netted dogwhelk Nassarius reticulatus to olfactory signals derived from conspecific and nonconspecific carrion

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 967-969

  Davenport, J ^a,b   Moore, P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CARRION; OLFACTORY CUE;

ASTERIAS; ASTERIAS RUBENS; ASTEROIDEA; BIVALVIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CARCINUS MAENAS; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GADUS; GADUS MORHUA; GASTROPODA; GRAPSIDAE; LITTORINA; LITTORINA LITTOREA; LITTORINIDAE; MURICIDAE; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; NASSARIUS; NASSARIUS RETICULATUS; NUCELLA; NUCELLA LAPILLUS; PORTUNIDAE;

EID: 0036963637     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002531540200646X     Document Type: Article

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