A seasnake's colour affects its susceptibility to algal fouling

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1693, 2010, Pages 2459-2464

  Shine, R ^a   Brischoux, F ^a   Pile, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algal settlement; Aquatic; Biofouling; Constraints; Marine; Snake

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; BIOFOULING; COLOR; CONSPECIFIC; GAS EXCHANGE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PREDATOR; SNAKE; SWIMMING;

NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA];

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; EMYDOCEPHALUS ANNULATUS;

EID: 77956480911     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0255     Document Type: Conference Paper

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