Predation: A causal mechanism for variability in intertidal bivalve populations

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 241, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 159-177

  Richards, Michael G ^a   Huxham, Mark ^a   Bryant, Andy ^b  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caging experiments; Carcinus maenas; Cerastoderma edule; Macoma balthica; Predation; Variability

Indexed keywords

INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MOLLUSC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

BIVALVIA; CARCINUS; CARCINUS MAENAS; CERASTODERMA EDULE; DECAPODA; MACOMA BALTHICA;

EID: 0033578483     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(99)00075-1     Document Type: Article

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