Does tethering of mobile prey measure relative predation potential? An empirical test using mummichogs and grass shrimp

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 198, Issue , 2000, Pages 181-190

  Kneib, R T ^a   Scheele, C E H ^a,b  

^a University of Georgia Marine Institute   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuaries; Fundulus; Palaemonetes; Predator prey interactions; Sapelo Island

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MESOCOSM; MOBILITY; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

DECAPODA; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; PALAEMONETES PUGIO;

EID: 0034608720     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps198181     Document Type: Article

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