A comparative study of the anti-settlement properties of mytilid shells

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 88-91

  Bers, A V ^a   Prendergast, G S ^b   Zurn C M ^b   Hansson, L ^c   Head, R M ^d   Thomason, J C ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epibiosis; Microtopography; Mussels; Mytilidae

Indexed keywords

RESIN;

BIVALVE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EPIBIOSIS; EVOLUTION;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPOGRAPHY;

CYPRIDIDAE; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS EDULIS; PERNA PERNA; SEMIBALANUS BALANOIDES; THORACICA;

EID: 33644929010     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0389     Document Type: Article

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