Foraging behaviour of an excavating predator, the red rock crab (Cancer productus Randall) on soft-shell clam (Mya arenaria L.)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 238, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 185-197

  Smith, Tasha E ^a   Ydenberg, Ronald C ^a   Elner, Robert W ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burial depth; Cancer productus; Handling time; Mya arenaria; Prey profitability

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HANDLING TIME; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PREDATOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREDATOR;

BIVALVIA; CANCER PRODUCTUS; DECAPODA; MYA ARENARIA;

EID: 0033562665     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(98)00157-9     Document Type: Article

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