Reduced byssal thread production and movement by the intertidal mussel Hormomya mutabilis in response to effluent from predators

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-122

  Ishida, So ^a,c   Iwasaki, Keiji ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Fukui City Museum of Natural History   (Japan)

Author keywords

Byssal thread production; Intertidal mussel; Movement; Predator effluent; Predatory crab; Seastar

Indexed keywords

ASTERIAS; ASTEROIDEA; COSCINASTERIAS; COSCINASTERIAS ACUTISPINA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ERIPHIA; ERIPHIA SMITHII; HORMOMYA; HORMOMYA MUTABILIS;

EID: 0038333590     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-002-0088-1     Document Type: Article

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