Tidal activity pattern and feeding behaviour of the ophiuroid Ophiocoma scolopendrina on a Kenyan reef flat

Coral Reefs

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 213-222

  Oak, Tara ^a   Scheibling, Robert E ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feeding behaviour; Intertidal zone; Ophiocoma scolopendrina; Ophiuroid

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ADAPTATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; WATER DEPTH; WAVE ACTION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANTHOZOA; OPHIOCOMA SCOLOPENDRINA;

EID: 33646504880     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-006-0089-6     Document Type: Article

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