Effect of dietary history and algal traits on feeding rate and food preference in the green sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 349, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 194-204

  Lyons, Devin A ^a   Scheibling, Robert E ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Codium fragile ssp. tomentosoides; Diet mixing; Feeding behaviour; Herbivory; Laminaria longicruris; Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis

Indexed keywords

DIET; ECHINODERM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; HERBIVORY;

ALGAE; ALLOCENTROTUS FRAGILIS; CODIUM FRAGILE; ECHINOIDEA; LAMINARIA; LAMINARIA LONGICRURIS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS;

EID: 34547478828     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.05.012     Document Type: Article

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