Novel use of digital colour-infrared imagery to test hypotheses about grazing by intertidal herbivorous gastropods

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 330, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 437-447

  Murphy, R J ^a   Underwood, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Colour infrared; Gastropods; Intertidal; Micro algae

Indexed keywords

GASTROPOD; HERBIVORY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INFRARED IMAGERY;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BEMBICIUM; BEMBICIUM NANUM; GASTROPODA; NERITA; NERITA ATRAMENTOSA;

EID: 33644829224     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2005.09.006     Document Type: Article

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