Cue synergy in Littorina littorea navigation following wave dislodgement

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1133-1136

  Chapperon, Coraline ^a   Seuront, Laurent ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemoreception; Dislodgement; Littorina littorea; Navigation

Indexed keywords

CHEMORECEPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; GASTROPOD; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MOVEMENT; SURVIVAL;

GASTROPODA; LITTORINA LITTOREA;

EID: 74149086832     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315409000150     Document Type: Article

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