Mouthpart and digestive tract structure in four talitrid amphipods from a translittoral series in Tasmania

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 717-726

  Johnston, Matthew D ^a   Johnston, Danielle J ^b   Richardson, Alastair M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES AND MARINE RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DIET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDING MECHANISM; HABITAT SELECTION; ZOOBENTHOS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

AMPHIPODA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; POACEAE; TALORCHESTIA;

EID: 4544312704     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315404009804h     Document Type: Article

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