Physical constraints on ecological processes: A field test of odor-mediated foraging

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 784-797

  Finelli, Christopher M ^a,b,d   Pentcheff, N Dean ^a,b   Zimmer, Richard K ^c   Wethey, David S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LUMCON   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue crab; Callinectes sapidus; Field experiment; Flow speed; Foraging; Hard clam; Hydrodynamic; Mercenaria mercenaria; Odor plume; Olfaction; Reynolds number

Indexed keywords

CRAB; FLOW VELOCITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; OLFACTORY CUE;

BIVALVIA; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MERCENARIA MERCENARIA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 0033946699     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[0784:PCOEPA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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