Experimental prey species preferences of Hexaplex trunculus (Gastropoda: Muricidae) and predator-prey interactions with the Black mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis (Bivalvia: Mytilidae)

Marine Biology

Volumn 148, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1011-1019

  Peharda, Melita ^a   Morton, Brian ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; GASTROPOD; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY PREFERENCE;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ARCA NOAE; BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; HEXAPLEX TRUNCULUS; MODIOLUS BARBATUS; MURICIDAE; MUSCULUS NIGER; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 33344465730     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-005-0148-5     Document Type: Article

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