Decision of the asteroid Leptasterias polaris to abandon its prey when confronted with its predator, the asteroid Asterias vulgaris

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 252, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 151-157

  Morissette, Stéphane ^a   Himmelman, John H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asterias vulgaris; Decision making; Escape response; Gulf of St. Lawrence; Kleptoparasite; Leptasterias polaris; Predation risk; Subtidal

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUNTING; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ARTICLE; ASTERIAS; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PREDATION; PREDATOR;

EID: 0034692483     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(00)00229-X     Document Type: Article

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