Influence of water motion and reproductive attributes on movement and shelter use in the marine snail Littorina saxatilis

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 315, Issue , 2006, Pages 177-186

  Pardo, L Miguel ^a,b   Johnson, Ladd E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Brooding; Foraging; Gastropod; Intertidal ecology; Movement; Risk avoidance; Shelter use

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; MOVEMENT; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SNAIL; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; LITTORINA SAXATILIS;

EID: 33746094354     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps315177     Document Type: Article

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