Site-specific and density-dependent extinction of prey by schooling rays: Generation of a population sink in top-quality habitat for bay scallops

Oecologia

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 349-356

  Peterson, Charles H ^a   Fodrie, Joel F ^a,b   Summerson, Henry C ^a   Powers, Sean P ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Argopecten irradians concentricus; Bay scallop; Cownose ray predation; Metapopulation structure; Seagrass habitat

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; LOCAL EXTINCTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEAGRASS MEADOW;

CAPE LOOKOUT; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ARGOPECTEN; ARGOPECTEN IRRADIANS; ARGOPECTEN IRRADIANS CONCENTRICUS; ASTRONOTUS OCELLATUS; BIVALVIA; HALOPHILA; PECTINIDAE; RHINOPTERA BONASUS; RHINOPTERINAE;

EID: 0035161842     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420100742     Document Type: Article

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