Mussel beds in deeper water provide an unusual situation for competitive interactions between the seastars Leptasterias polaris and Asterias vulgaris

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 277, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 13-24

  Gaymer, Carlos F ^a   Himmelman, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asterias vulgaris; Interference; Leptasterias polaris; Mussel bed; Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence; Seastars; Subtidal

Indexed keywords

ECHINODERM; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MOLLUSC; PREY AVAILABILITY; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; ASTERIAS; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HABITAT QUALITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; SAMPLING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

ASTERIAS; ASTERIAS VULGARIS; LEPTASTERIAS; LEPTASTERIAS POLARIS;

EID: 0037130808     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(02)00234-4     Document Type: Article

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