Red, distasteful water mites: Did fish make them that way?

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 127-147

  Proctor, Heather C ^a   Garga, Neera ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anti predator defenses; Assemblage structure; Fish; M llerian mimicry; Photoprotection

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CRYPSIS;

ACARI; HYDRACARINA; PARASITENGONA;

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; COLOR; EVOLUTION; FISH; GENETICS; MITE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; COLOR; EVOLUTION; FISHES; FRESH WATER; MITES; ONTARIO; PIGMENTATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 16644363257     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:APPA.0000044444.81413.1a     Document Type: Article

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