Técnicas experimentales para el análisis de la actividad bioerosiva de Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758 (Mollusca

Bioerosion is the biological breakdown of hard substrates by boring, grazing, etchting and abrading organisms. Many marine intertidal gastropods, such as limpets, contribute to the erosion by grazing rock substrate in the search for algal food, leaving distinctive marks on the surface of the rock. T...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Villanueva, G., Pons, G. X., Fornós Astó, Joan J.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2001
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/9506
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/9506
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Bioerosion
Patella rustica
Grazing traces
Intertidal
Rocky shores
Home scar
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Sumario:Bioerosion is the biological breakdown of hard substrates by boring, grazing, etchting and abrading organisms. Many marine intertidal gastropods, such as limpets, contribute to the erosion by grazing rock substrate in the search for algal food, leaving distinctive marks on the surface of the rock. The present work focuses on the laboratory characterisation and the description of the scratches leaved in an artificial surface (dental wax plates) by the Mediterranean limpet Patella rustica in their feeding activity