Limpets as prey: Lipophrys pholis choice for size

Marine Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 525-532

  Silva, Ana C ^a   Amador, Ana C ^a   Brazão, Sónia ^a   Faria, Claúdia ^a   Boaventura, Diana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b Escola Superior de Educacao Joao de Deus   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Consumption intensity; Fish feeding behaviour; Handling behaviour; Intertidal; Rocky shore; Size preference; Size refuge

Indexed keywords

FISH; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY PREFERENCE; PREY SIZE; ROCKY SHORE; SNAIL;

NORTHERN EUROPE;

BLENNIUS PHOLIS; LIPOPHRYS PHOLIS; PATELLA (GASTROPOD); PATELLA DEPRESSA; PATELLIDAE;

EID: 78049257335     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2010.00382.x     Document Type: Article

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