Additive interactions between the moon snail Euspira heros and the sea star Asterias forbesi, two predators of the surfclam Spisula solidissima

Oecologia

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 461-466

  Weissberger, Eric J ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bivalves; Indirect effects; Interaction modification; Predation; Spisula solidissima

Indexed keywords

ECHINODERM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LABORATORY METHOD; MOLLUSC; PARTITIONING; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SNAIL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ASTERIAS FORBESI; EUSPIRA HEROS; SPISULA SOLIDISSIMA;

EID: 0032997616     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050808     Document Type: Article

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