Diet choice in an omnivorous salt-marsh crab: Different food types, body size, and habitat complexity

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 292, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 103-116

  Buck, Tracy L ^a   Breed, Greg A ^a,f   Pennings, Steven C ^a,e   Chase, Margo E ^b   Zimmer, Martin ^c   Carefoot, Thomas H ^d  

^a University of Georgia Marine Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e University of Houston   (United States)

^f LA Universities Marine Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

Armases; Body size; Crabs; Diet breadth; Gastropods; Isopods; Omnivory; Predation; Salt marsh

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CRAB; DIET; FOOD PREFERENCE; OMNIVORY; SALTMARSH;

AMPHIPODA; ARMASES; ARMASES CINEREUM; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA TAXON); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; GRAPSIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; SESARMA; SESARMA CINEREUM; SESARMIDAE;

EID: 0038339470     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(03)00146-1     Document Type: Article

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