Experimental studies of predation on metazoans inhabiting Spartina alterniflora stems

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 251-265

  Walters, Keith ^a,b   Jones, Erin ^a   Etherington, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fundulus heteroclitus; Harpacticoid copepods; Palaemonetes pugio; Predation; Spartina alterniflora; Standing dead stems

Indexed keywords

SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; HARPACTICOIDA; PALAEMONETES PUGIO;

COPEPOD; METAZOAN; MUMMICHOG; PREDATION; SALT MARSHES; SALTMARSH; SHORT-TERM EFFECTS; STANDING-DEAD STEMS;

EID: 0029667772     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-0981(95)00103-4     Document Type: Article

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