Sublethal predation: Field measurements of arm tissue loss from the ophiuroid Microphiopholis gracillima and immunochemical identification of its predators in North Inlet, South Carolina, USA

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 156, Issue , 1997, Pages 131-140

  Pape Lindstrom, P A ^a,c   Feller, R J ^a,b   Stancyk, S E ^a,b   Woodin, S A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunoassay; Ophiuroid; Secondary production; Sublethal predation

Indexed keywords

ARM TISSUE LOSS; BRITTLESTAR; BURROWING ORGANISMS; PREDATION; SUBLETHAL PREDATION;

NORTH INLET; SOUTH CAROLINA; USA;

AMPHIURIDAE; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ECHINODERMATA; FARFANTEPENAEUS AZTECUS; INVERTEBRATA; MICROPHIOPHOLIS; MICROPHIOPHOLIS GRACILLIMA; OPHIUROIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030929994     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps156131     Document Type: Article

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