Variation in feeding rate of the intertidal mudsnail Hydrobia ulvae in relation to the tidal cycle

Marine Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 154-159

  Barnes, Richard S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal; Deposit feeding; Egestion; Mudsnail; Temperature

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DEPOSIT FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SNAIL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIDAL CYCLE;

EID: 33745595584     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2006.00082.x     Document Type: Article

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