Prey selection by inexperienced predators: Do early juvenile snails maximize net energy gains on their first attack?

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-58

  Gosselin, Louis A ^a,b,c   Chia, Fu Shiang ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b BAMFIELD MARINE SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Energy maximization; Foraging; Growth; Microhabitats; Predation

Indexed keywords

ENERGY MAXIMIZATION; FORAGING; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; INEXPERIENCE; MICROHABITAT; MICROHABITATS; PREY SELECTION; SNAIL;

CANADA; FEEDING; FORAGING; HATCHLING; HYPOTHESIS; JUVENILE; MICROHABITAT; MORTALITY; OPTIMAL FORAGING; PREDATOR; PREY; PREY SELECTION; PROTECTION; SNAIL; SPECIES;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, BARKLEY SOUND;

BALANUS GLANDULA; CHTHAMALUS DALLI; GASTROPODA; LASAEA; MYTILUS; NUCELLA EMARGINATA; POLLICIPES POLYMERUS; POLYMERUS;

EID: 0030198015     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-0981(95)00190-5     Document Type: Article

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