Drilling under threat: An experimental assessment of the drilling behavior of Nucella lamellosa in the presence of a predator

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 352, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 257-266

  Chattopadhyay, Devapriya ^a   Baumiller, Tomasz K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer gracilis; Drilling predation; Gastropod; Mytilus trossulus; Secondary predator

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BEHAVIOR; BIVALVE; CRAB; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GASTROPOD; PREDATOR; PREY SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CANCER GRACILIS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; MURICIDAE; MYTILUS; MYTILUS TROSSULUS; NUCELLA LAMELLOSA;

EID: 35148815755     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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