Predation by neogastropods on Turbo cornutus juveniles and other small gastropods inhabiting coralline algal turfs

Fisheries Science

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 309-325

  Hayakawa, Jun ^a   Kawamura, Tomohiko ^b   Ohashi, Satoshi ^c   Ohtsuchi, Naoya ^b   Kurogi, Hiroaki ^a   Watanabe, Yoshiro ^b  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coralline turf; Defense mechanism; Ergalatax contractus; Predation; Turbo cornutus

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANACHIS; BATILLUS CORNUTUS; CANTHARIDUS; ERGALATAX CONTRACTUS; GASTROPODA; MURICIDAE; NEOGASTROPODA; THAIS;

EID: 84858333129     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12562-012-0467-7     Document Type: Article

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