Intraspecific interference among foraging blue crabs Callinectes sapidus: Interactive effects of predator density and prey patch distribution

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 178, Issue , 1999, Pages 69-78

  Clark, Mary E ^a   Wolcott, Thomas G ^a   Wolcott, Donna L ^a   Hines, Anson H ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agonism; Callinectes sapidus; Chesapeake Bay; Foraging; Macoma balthica; Ultrasonic telemetry

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREDATOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; MACOMA BALTHICA;

EID: 0033577243     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps178069     Document Type: Article

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