Rapa whelk Rapana venosa (Valenciennes, 1846) predation rates on hard clams Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 777-779

  Savini, Dario ^a,c   Harding, Juliana M ^b   Mann, Roger ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Hard clam; Mercenaria mercenaria; Predation; Rapa whelk; Rapana venosa

Indexed keywords

INGESTION RATE; MOLLUSC; PREDATION;

UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; MERCENARIA MERCENARIA; MOLLUSCA; MURICIDAE; RAPANA VENOSA; VENERIDAE;

EID: 0036967929     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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