Not whale-fall specialists, Osedax worms also consume fishbones

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 736-739

  Rouse, Greg W ^a   Goffredi, Shana K ^b   Johnson, Shannon B ^c   Vrijenhoek, Robert C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Annelida; Siboglinidae; Teleost bones

Indexed keywords

BONE; CRETACEOUS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFESTYLE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POLYCHAETE; SPECIALIST; TELEOST; WHALE;

ANNELIDA; CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; MAMMALIA; OSEDAX; SIBOGLINIDAE; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80053904941     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0202     Document Type: Article

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