Microhabitat use and prey selection of the coral-feeding snail Drupella cornus in the northern Red Sea

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 641, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-57

  Schoepf, Verena ^a   Herler, Jürgen ^a   Zuschin, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acroporids; Corallivory; Intraspecific attraction; Juveniles; Ontogenetic habitat shift; Resource selection

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA; CORAL GROWTH; CORAL REEF; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; INFLUENCE OF WATER; LIFE STAGES; MICROHABITATS; PREY SELECTION; PREY SPECIES; RED SEA; RESOURCE SELECTION; WIDE AREA;

REEFS;

ECOLOGY;

ABUNDANCE; CORAL REEF; CRYPSIS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; JUVENILE; MICROHABITAT; ONTOGENY; POPULATION OUTBREAK; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY PREFERENCE; PREY SELECTION; RESOURCE SELECTION; SNAIL;

RED SEA [SUDAN]; SUDAN;

ACROPORA; ACROPORA ACUMINATA; ACROPORA SELAGO; ACROPORIDAE; ANTHOZOA; CORNUS; DRUPELLA; DRUPELLA CORNUS; GASTROPODA; POCILLOPORIDAE;

EID: 76349123150     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-0053-x     Document Type: Article

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