Predation by xanthid crabs on early post-settlement gastropods: The role of prey size, prey density, and habitat complexity

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 240, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 303-321

  Ray Culp, Melody ^a   Davis, Megan ^a   Stoner, Allan W ^a  

^a Caribbean Marine Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Conch; Predation; Seagrass; Strombus gigas; Xanthid crab

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SIZE;

ARTICLE; CRAB; ECOSYSTEM; GASTROPOD; GROWTH; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SURVIVAL;

DECAPODA; GASTROPODA; MICROPANOPE; STROMBUS GIGAS;

EID: 0033565605     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(99)00065-9     Document Type: Article

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