Avoidance of feeding opportunities by the whelk Buccinanops globulosum in the presence of damaged conspecifics

Marine Biology

Volumn 159, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2359-2365

  Daleo, Pedro ^a,b   Alberti, Juan ^a,b   Avaca, Maria Soledad ^b,c   Narvarte, Maite ^b,c   Martinetto, Paulina ^a,b   Iribarne, Oscar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^c Instituto de Biologia Marina y Pesquera Almirante Storni Rio Negro   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BODY CONDITION; CARRION; CONSPECIFIC; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROPOD; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PREDATION RISK; SCAVENGER; SNAIL; STARVATION; TRADE-OFF;

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; PATAGONIAN SEA;

EID: 84866737643     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-012-2020-8     Document Type: Article

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