Herbivory on Zostera marina by the gastropod Smaragdia viridis

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 253-260

  Rueda, José L ^a   Salas, Carmen ^a   Urra, Javier ^a   Marina, Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Absorption; Alboran Sea; Feeding; Mollusc; Seagrass; Selection

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROPOD; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; INGESTION RATE; SEAGRASS;

ALBORAN SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; SMARAGDIA VIRIDIS; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 60349089271     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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