Predator caging experiments: A test of the importance of scale

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 137-154

  Fernandes, T F ^a   Huxham, M ^a   Piper, S R ^b  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cage size; Caging experiments; Extent; Grain; Scale; Soft sediments

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; PREDATOR; SCALE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; CAGE; CRAB; FAUNA; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; SEDIMENT;

CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA;

EID: 0033517135     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(99)00076-3     Document Type: Article

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