A comparison of the trophic ecology of grazing gastropods on the rocky shores of northern and southern Britain
Intertidal grazing gastropods play an important role in structuring rocky shore communities. For many years the main food resource to these animals was considered to be epilithic biofilms. This study shows that macroalgae are a more important component of gastropod diets than was previously apprecia...
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University of Aberdeen
2011
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.553787 |