Importance of predation by crustaceans upon bivalve spat in the intertidal zone of the Dutch Wadden Sea as revealed by immunological assays of gut contents

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 231, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 139-157

  Van Der Veer, Henk W ^a   Feller, Robert J ^b   Weber, Anke ^a   Ij Witte, Johannes ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bivalve spat; Crustaceans; Immunoassy; Intertidal; Population regulation; Predation

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; STOMACH CONTENT;

ARTICLE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CRUSTACEA; IMMUNOASSAY; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC; PREDATION; SHRIMP;

WADDEN SEA;

BIVALVIA; CARCINUS MAENAS; CERASTODERMA EDULE; CRANGON CRANGON; DECAPODA; MACOMA BALTHICA; MYA ARENARIA;

EID: 0032428974     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(98)00090-2     Document Type: Article

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