Failed predation in Late Ordovician gastropods (Mollusca) from Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 231-241

  Ebbestad, Jan Ove R ^a,c   Stott, Christopher A ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EARTH SCIENCES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEAWATER;

BIOTA; EUTROPHIC CONDITIONS; LATE ORDOVICIAN GASTROPODS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BRYOZOAN; ISLAND; LAGOON; MOLLUSC; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; ORDOVICIAN; PREDATION; SHALLOW WATER; SILURIAN;

CANADA; GEORGIAN BAY; MANITOULIN ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

BRYOZOA; CINCINNATIA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 44649084894     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E07-052     Document Type: Article

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