Dietary shift in corallivorous Drupella snails following a major bleaching event at Koh Tao, Gulf of Thailand

Coral Reefs

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 423-428

  Hoeksema, B W ^a   Scott, C ^b   True, J D ^c  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Save Koh Tao Community Group   (Thailand)

^c PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Coral aggregations; Coral bleaching; Corallivory; Mushroom corals; Predation

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; CORALLIVORY; DIETARY SHIFT; FOOD CONSUMPTION; MORTALITY; PREDATION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY PREFERENCE; SNAIL;

GULF OF THAILAND; KOH TAO; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHERN REGION; SURAT THANI [SOUTHERN REGION]; THAILAND;

ACROPORIDAE; ANTHOZOA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; DRUPELLA; FUNGIIDAE; GASTROPODA; POCILLOPORIDAE;

EID: 84877081666     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-012-1005-x     Document Type: Article

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