Shell damage in salt marsh periwinkles (Littoraria irrorata [Say, 1822]) and resistance to future attacks by blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus [Rathbun, 1896])

American Malacological Bulletin

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 141-146

  Greenfield, Ben K ^a,b   Lewis, David B ^a,c   Hinke, Jefferson T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Callinectes; Littoraria; Predation; Salt marsh; Shell repair

Indexed keywords

CALLINECTES; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; LITTORARIA; LITTORARIA IRRORATA;

EID: 33751514267     PISSN: 07402783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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