Feeding ecology of Enteroctopus megalocyathus (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) in southern Chile

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 793-798

  Ibáñez, Christian M ^a   Chong, Javier V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE LA SANTÍSIMA CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Chile; Diet; Enteroctopus megalocyathus

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CANNIBALISM; CEPHALOPOD; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; CRAB; FEEDING ECOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY CAPTURE; STOMACH CONTENT;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

BRACHYURAN; CEPHALOPODA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ENTEROCTOPUS MEGALOCYATHUS; OCTOPODIDAE; OCTOPUS;

EID: 46049090394     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315408001227     Document Type: Article

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