Consumption and digestion of animal food by rocky intertidal herbivores: An evaluation of digestive flexibility and omnivory in three grazing species;Consumo y digestión de alimento animal por herbívoros del intermareal rocoso: Evaluación de flexibilidad digestiva y omnivoría en tres especies de pastoreadores

Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-197

  Camus, Patricio A ^a   Cid, Yuri Y ^a   Cisterna, Lilian ^a   Cáceres, Cristian W ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE LA SANTÍSIMA CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Food web; Key hole limpet; Mnivorous; Polyplacophora; Proteolytic

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; FISSURELLA LIMBATA; FISSURELLA PICTA; INVERTEBRATA; PATELLIDAE; PERUMYTILUS PURPURATUS; POLYPLACOPHORA; ULVA; ULVA RIGIDA;

EID: 70349507052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 0718560X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3856/vol37-issue2-fulltext-6     Document Type: Article

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