Predation upon Mytilus galloprovincialis (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Mytilidae) by juvenile Carcinus maenas (Crustacea: Decapoda) using mandibular chipping

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 563-568

  Morton, Brian ^a   Harper, E M ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Durophagy; Feeding methods; Mussels

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CHELATE; CONSPECIFIC; EVOLUTION; JUVENILE; LABORATORY METHOD; LOBSTER; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SHELL;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SUSSEX; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BIVALVIA; CARCINUS MAENAS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LOBSTER; MOLLUSCA; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 43649094522     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315408000799     Document Type: Article

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