Rhythmic vertical migration of the gastropod Cerithidea decollata in a Kenyan mangrove forest

Marine Biology

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1047-1053

  Vannini, Marco ^a   Mrabu, Elisha ^b   Cannicci, Stefano ^a   Rorandelli, Rocco ^a   Fratini, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GASTROPOD; MANGROVE; OCEAN TIDE; SNAIL; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

AFRICA; COAST PROVINCE; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; MIDA CREEK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA MARINA; CERITHIDEA DECOLLATA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 39649098892     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-007-0877-8     Document Type: Article

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