Sea anemones and brittle stars: Unexpected predatory interactions during induced in situ oxygen crises

Marine Biology

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1075-1085

  Riedel, B ^a   Stachowitsch, M ^a   Zuschin, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DIGESTION; ECHINODERM; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; OXYGEN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; ZOOBENTHOS;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ACTINIARIA; ANEMONE; CALLIACTIS PARASITICA; CEREUS PEDUNCULATUS; OPHIOTHRIX QUINQUEMACULATA; OPHIUROIDEA;

EID: 39649116232     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-007-0880-0     Document Type: Article

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