Diet of Octopus vulgaris in False Bay, South Africa

Marine Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1127-1133

  Smith, C D ^a,b  

^a MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; DIET; PREY SELECTION; PREY SIZE; STOMACH CONTENT;

AFRICA; FALSE BAY; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

CEPHALOPODA; CRUSTACEA; HALIOTIS; HALIOTIS CORRUGATA; HALIOTIS MIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; OCTOPUS; OCTOPUS VULGARIS; PLAGUSIA; POLYCHAETA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0347531672     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-003-1144-2     Document Type: Article

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