Lacuna vincta (Mollusca, Neotaenioglossa) herbivory on juvenile and adult Nereocystis luetkeana (Heterokontophyta, Laminariales)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 583, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 107-118

  Chenelot, Heloise ^a   Konar, Brenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding and substrate; Herbivory; Juvenile and adult kelp; Lacuna vincta; Nereocystis luetkeana

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FOOD PRODUCTS; SURVEYS; TISSUE;

HERBIVORY; KELP; LACUNA VINCTA; NEREOCYSTIS LUETKEANA;

SEAWEED;

AGE CLASS; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GASTROPOD; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; KELP FOREST; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE;

ALGAE; GASTROPODA; LACUNA VINCTA; LAMINARIALES; MOLLUSCA; NEOTAENIOGLOSSA; NEREOCYSTIS; NEREOCYSTIS LUETKEANA; TEXADINA;

EID: 34047170284     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0484-6     Document Type: Article

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