Predator-prey interactions between a population of nucella lapillus (Gastropoda: Muricidae) recovering from imposex and mytilus galloprovincialis (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) on the south-east coast of England

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 671-681

  Morton, Brian ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Freedom from imposex; Kleptoparasitism; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Nucella lapillus; Predation

Indexed keywords

ANTIFOULING AGENT; BIVALVE; COASTAL ZONE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; IMPOSEX; KLEPTOPARASITISM; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SNAIL; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; MURICIDAE; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NUCELLA LAPILLUS; THORACICA;

EID: 77953621110     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315409991275     Document Type: Article

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