Prey composition and prey selectivity of an intertidal generalist predator, Muricodrupa fusca (Küster) (Muricidae)

Marine Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-49

  Yamamoto, Tomoko ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actual diet; Apparent diet; Handling time; Japan; Limpets; Muricidae; Prey selectivity

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENERALIST; HANDLING TIME; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY; PREY SELECTION; SNAIL;

GASTROPODA; LOTTIA; MURICIDAE; PATELLIDAE; SIPHONARIA;

EID: 2442646794     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2004.00012.x     Document Type: Article

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