Nest-building behavior by the amphipod Peramphithoe femorata (krøyer) on the kelp Macrocystis pyrifera (linnaeus) C. Agardh from Northern-Central Chile

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 218, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 248-258

  Cerda, Osvaldo ^a,b   Hinojosa, Iván A ^a,b   Thiel, Martin ^a,b  

^a Universidad Católica del Norte   (Chile)

^b CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN ZONAS ÁRIDAS CEAZA   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; AMPHIPOD; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CRUSTACEAN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; HOST PLANT; KELP FOREST; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

CHILE;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; AMPITHOIDAE; ARTHROPODA; CRUSTACEA; MACROCYSTIS; MACROCYSTIS PYRIFERA; PERACARIDA; PERAMPHITHOE FEMORATA;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILE; FEMALE; MACROCYSTIS; NESTING; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; CHILE; FEMALE; MACROCYSTIS; NESTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77956655088     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/BBLv218n3p248     Document Type: Article

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