Observations on the life history and feeding ecology of a specialized nudibranch predator (Phyllodesmium poindimiei), with implications for biocontrol of an invasive octocoral (Carijoa riisei) in Hawaii

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 372, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 64-74

  Wagner, Daniel ^a   Kahng, Samuel E ^b   Toonen, Robert J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeolidoidae; Alcyonaria; Invasive species; Opistobranch; Predator prey

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CORAL; CRAB; FEEDING ECOLOGY; INVASIVE SPECIES; INVERTEBRATE; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY; POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPAWNING;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALCYONARIA; CARIJOA RIISEI; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PHYLLODESMIUM; PORTUNIDAE; THALAMITA;

EID: 62949115985     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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