Simultaneous defense against shell entry and shell crushing in a snail faced with the predatory shorecrab Carcinus maenas

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 371, Issue , 2008, Pages 191-198

  Edgell, Timothy C ^a,d   Brazeau, Christian ^b   Grahame, John W ^c   Rochette, Rémy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d BAMFIELD MARINE SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Biogeography; Functional morphology; Invasive species; Predator prey; Rocky intertidal

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CRAB; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; INVASIVE SPECIES; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; ROCKY SHORE; SHELL; SNAIL; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; LITTORINA OBTUSATA;

EID: 57849137881     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07698     Document Type: Article

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