THE USE OF MUCOUS TRAILS BY INTERTIDAL LIMPETS TO ENHANCE FOOD RESOURCES
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- 1 December 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The Biological Bulletin
- Vol. 171 (3) , 548-564
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1541623
Abstract
The mucous trails secreted by certain species of intertidal limpets serve as adhesive traps for the microalgae that are their primary food resources. The mucous...This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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