Mucus-net feeding on organic particles by the vermetid gastropod Dendropoma maximum in and below the surf zone

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 293, Issue , 2005, Pages 77-87

  Ribak, Gal ^a,b,c   Heller, Joseph ^b   Genin, Amatzia ^a,b  

^a The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Detritus; Oscillatory flow; Sea waves; Suspension feeding

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FILTER FEEDER; GASTROPOD; OSCILLATING FLOW; SURF ZONE; SURFACE WAVE;

ANIMALIA; DENDROPOMA MAXIMA; GASTROPODA; VERMETIDAE;

EID: 21244470740     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps293077     Document Type: Article

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