Predation by the benthic isopod Saduria entomon on two Baltic sea deposit-feeders, the amphipod Monoporeia affinis and the bivalve Macoma balthica

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 266, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 165-179

  Ejdung, Gunilla ^a   Elmgren, Ragnar ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amphipods; Baltic Sea; Bivalves; Foraging; Isopods; Macoma balthica; Macrobenthos; Monoporeia affinis; Prey preferences; Prey size; Saduria entomon

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREY PREFERENCE; PREY SIZE; ZOOBENTHOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BODY SIZE; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; SEA;

BALTIC SEA;

AMPHIPODA; BIVALVIA; ISOPODA; MACOMA BALTHICA; MONOPOREIA; MONOPOREIA AFFINIS; SADURIA ENTOMON;

EID: 0035842126     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(01)00353-7     Document Type: Article

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