Multiple factors explain the covering behaviour in the green sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 979-986

  Dumont, Clément P ^a,b   Drolet, David ^a   Deschênes, Isabelle ^a   Himmelman, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

Author keywords

age related behaviour; behavioural plasticity; camouflage; covering behaviour; decoration; foraging; green sea urchin; physiological costs benefits; protection; Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CONCEALMENT BEHAVIOR; CRYPSIS; ECHINODERM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAGE; INJURY; LIGHT EFFECT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREDATION RISK; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRADE-OFF; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WAVE ACTION;

ALGAE; ECHINOIDEA; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS;

EID: 34250019360     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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