Effects of predator foraging behavior on patterns of prey mortality in marine soft bottoms

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 203-224

  Micheli, Fiorenza ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bivalves; Blue crabs; Callinectes sapidus; Foraging theory; Indirect effects; Individual based approach; Intertidal; Marine soft bottoms; Mercenaria mercenaria; Predation

Indexed keywords

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; MERCENARIA MERCENARIA; BIVALVIA; DECAPODA; LARUS ARGENTATUS; LARUS DELAWARENSIS; STERNA;

BENTHOS; BLUE CRAB; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; HABITAT USE; HARD CLAM; MORTALITY CAUSES; PREDATION; PREY MORTALITY; SOFT BOTTOMS;

EID: 0031284509     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(1997)067[0203:EOPFBO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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