Predator-labeling effect on byssus production in marine mussels Perna viridis (L.) and Brachidontes variabilis (Krauss)

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1501-1512

  Cheung, S G ^a   Luk, K C ^a   Shin, P K S ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Byssus production; Chemical cues; Crabs; Mussels; Predator labeling effect; Thalamita

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BIVALVE; CHEMICAL CUE; CRAB; DIET; EXOPOLYMER; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

BRACHIDONTES VARIABILIS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MONODONTA LABIO; MYTILIDAE; OSTREIDAE; PERNA; PERNA VIRIDIS; SACCOSTREA CUCCULLATA; THALAMITA; THALAMITA DANAE; TROCHIDAE;

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; BRACHYURA; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; BRACHYURA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEAWATER;

EID: 33846914426     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-006-9065-4     Document Type: Article

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