Predator-prey interactions from in situ time-lapse observations of a sublittoral mussel bed in the Gulf of Trieste (Northern Adriatic)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 371, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-19

  Sawyer, Jennifer A ^a   Zuschin, Martin ^a   Riedel, Bettina ^a   Stachowitsch, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Benthos; Hexaplex; Mediterranean; Mytilus; Predation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BIVALVE; GASTROPOD; MOVEMENT; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEAFLOOR;

ADRIATIC SEA; GULF OF TRIESTE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; HEXAPLEX; HEXAPLEX TRUNCULUS; MURICIDAE; MYTILUS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 60349099998     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2008.12.010     Document Type: Article

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