New report of nudibranch predators of the invasive octocoral Carijoa riisei in the Main Hawaiian Islands

Coral Reefs

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 411-

  Wagner, D ^a   Kahng, S E ^a   Toonen, R J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLONIZATION; CORAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROPOD; INVASIVE SPECIES; NEW RECORD; OBLIGATE BEHAVIOR; PREDATOR; PREY PREFERENCE; SPECIALIST;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CARIJOA RIISEI;

EID: 34249881059     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-007-0232-z     Document Type: Article

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4. Thomas WJ (1979) Aspects of the microcommunity associated with Telesto riisei, an introduced alcyonarian species. M.S. thesis, University of Hawaii, p 88