Effect of intra- and interspecific interactions on the feeding behavior of two subtidal sea stars

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 232, Issue , 2002, Pages 149-162

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

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Behavior; Competition; Feeding ecology; Feeding experiments; Interference; Prey preference; Sea stars

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECHINODERM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; PREY PREFERENCE;

(NORTH); GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

ASTERIAS; ASTERIAS VULGARIS; ASTEROIDEA; CHRISTIA; ECHINODERMATA; LEPTASTERIAS; LEPTASTERIAS POLARIS; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 0037013053     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps232149     Document Type: Article

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