Patterns of shell repair in articulate brachiopods indicate size constitutes a refuge from predation

Marine Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1993-2000

  Harper, Elizabeth M ^a   Peck, Lloyd S ^b   Hendry, Katharine R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BODY SIZE; BRACHIOPOD; INJURY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REFUGE; SHELL;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHILE; FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS); SOUTH AMERICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

BRACHIOPODA; LIOTHYRELLA UVA; MAGELLANIA VENOSA; TEREBRATELLA;

EID: 70349861976     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1230-1     Document Type: Article

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