Selective predation by blue crabs on the gastropod, Bittium varium: Confirmation from opercula found in the sediments

Estuaries

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-81

  Wright, Russell A ^a,b   Crowder, Larry B ^a,c   Martin, Thomas H ^a,d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUE CRAB; GASTROPOD; OPERCULA; OPERCULUM; PREDATION; PREY SELECTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SNAIL;

BITTIUM VARIUM; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA;

EID: 0029667769     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1352653     Document Type: Article

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