The role of patellid limpets as omnivorous grazers: a new insight into intertidal ecology

Marine Biology

Volumn 162, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2093-2106

  Burgos Rubio, Víctor ^a   De la Rosa, Julio ^b   Altamirano, María ^c   Espinosa, Free ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CHLOROPHYLL A; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; OMNIVORY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; ROCKY SHORE; SNAIL; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ALGECIRAS BAY; ANDALUCIA; CADIZ [ANDALUCIA]; SPAIN;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYMBULA SAFIANA; PATELLA CAERULEA; PATELLA FERRUGINEA; PATELLIDAE;

EID: 84942918262     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-015-2739-0     Document Type: Article

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