Use of prey resources by the seastars Leptasterias polaris and Asterias vulgaris: A comparison between field observations and laboratory experiments

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 262, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-30

  Gaymer, Carlos F ^a   Himmelman, John H ^a   Johnson, Ladd E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asterias vulgaris; Feeding behavior; Feeding experiments; Leptasterias polaris; Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence; Prey preference; Seastars; Subtidal

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; PREDATOR; PREY SELECTION;

ARTICLE; ASTERIAS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; SEA;

ACULEATA; ASTERIAS VULGARIS; BIVALVIA; HIATELLA ARCTICA; LEPTASTERIAS POLARIS; MYTILUS EDULIS; OPHIOPHOLIS ACULEATA; OPHIUROIDEA;

EID: 0035879687     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(01)00264-7     Document Type: Article

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