Role of current and prey odour in the displacement behaviour of the sea star Asterias vulgaris

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1547-1553

  Drolet, David ^a   Himmelman, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ODOR CONTROL; PROBABILITY; WATER; WATER WAVES;

MUSSELS; PREY ODORS; SEA STARS; SLOW-MOVING ANIMALS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

CHEMICAL CUE; CURRENT; ECHINODERM; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREY LOCATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; ASTERIAS; ASTERIAS VULGARIS; ASTEROIDEA;

EID: 22744446477     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z04-135     Document Type: Article

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