Nonlinear foraging response of a large marine predator to benthic prey: Eagle ray pits and bivalves in a New Zealand sandflat

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 216, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 191-210

  Hines, Anson H ^a   Whitlatch, Robert B ^b   Thrush, Simon F ^c   Hewitt, Judi E ^c   Cummings, Vonda J ^c   Dayton, Paul K ^d   Legendre, Pierre ^e  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthic; Bivalves; Density dependent; Eagle ray; Foraging; Nonlinear; Predator prey

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DENSITY-DEPENDENT RESPONSE; EAGLE RAY; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; PREDATION; PREDATORS;

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CALORIC INTAKE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENSITY; ECOLOGY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC; NEW ZEALAND; PREDATION;

NEW ZEALAND;

BIVALVIA; MACOMONA LILIANA; MYLIOBATIS TENUICAUDATUS;

EID: 0030884433     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00096-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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