Choice of prey size and species in Carcinus maenas (L.) feeding on four bivalves of contrasting shell morphology

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 449, Issue , 2001, Pages 159-170

  Mascaro M ^a,b   Seed, R ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bivalve; Carcinus maenas; Foraging behaviour; Selective predation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; EPOXY RESINS; OCEAN HABITATS;

PREDATION CYCLES; SHELL MORPHOLOGY;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

CRAB; PREY SELECTION; PREY SIZE; SHELL;

EID: 0035870233     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017569809818     Document Type: Conference Paper

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