Size selection and competition for mussels, Mytilus edulis, by oystercatchers, Haematopus ostralegus, herring gulls, Larus argentatus, and common eiders, Somateria mollissima

Ophelia

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-53

  Hilgerloh, Gudrun ^a,c   Pfeifer, Dietmar ^b  

^a Forschungszentrum Terramare   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis); Competition; Eider (Somateria mollissima); Herring gull (Larus argentatus); Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus); Size selection

Indexed keywords

INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MOLLUSC; PREY SELECTION; SEABIRD; SIZE SELECTION;

BODY SIZE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GERMANY; INTERTIDAL ZONE; MUSSEL;

GERMANY;

BIVALVIA; HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS; LARUS ARGENTATUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 0036070215     PISSN: 00785326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00785236.2002.10409488     Document Type: Article

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