The effect of size and temperature on the predation of cockles Cerastoderma edule (L.) by the shore crab Carcinus maenas (L.)
- 1 September 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
- Vol. 111 (2) , 181-193
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0981(87)90054-2
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