The shell of Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) trunculus (Gastropoda: Muricidae) as a mobile hard substratum for epibiotic polychaetes (Annelida: Polychaeta) in the Ria Formosa (Algarve coast-southern Portugal)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 575, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 161-172

  Vasconcelos, Paulo ^a   Cúrdia, João ^a   Castro, Margarida ^b   Gaspar, Miguel B ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Epibiosis; Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) trunculus; Muricidae; Polychaeta; Ria Formosa; Shell fouling

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; DATA REDUCTION; ECOSYSTEMS; FOULING; SEWAGE LAGOONS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SUBSTRATES;

EPIBIOSIS; HEXAPLEX (TRUNCULARIOPSIS) TRUNCULUS; MURICIDAE; POLYCHAETA; RIA FORMOSA;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

COLONIZATION; EPIBIONT; EPIBIOSIS; FOULING; GASTROPOD; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; POLYCHAETE; SHELL BED;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FARO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; RIA FORMOSA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANNELIDA; CIRRATULIDAE; GASTROPODA; HEXAPLEX TRUNCULUS; MURICIDAE; POLYCHAETA; SABELLARIIDAE; SABELLIDAE; SERPULIDAE; SPIRORBIDAE;

EID: 33845443685     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0367-x     Document Type: Article

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