Responses to predation cues and food in two species of sympatric, tropical sea urchins

Marine Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 101-121

  Vadas, Robert L ^a   Elner, Robert W ^a  

^a BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Alarm cues; Behavior; Escape response; Feeding; Groupings; Predator exposure experiment; Sea urchin

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; CHEMICAL CUE; ECHINODERM; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FOOD; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

BERMUDA; CARIBBEAN SEA;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; HALOPHILA; HOLOTHURIA; HOLOTHUROIDEA; LYTECHINUS; LYTECHINUS VARIEGATUS; PONTOPHILUS SPINOSUS; SPINY; TRIPNEUSTES; TRIPNEUSTES VENTRICOSUS;

EID: 0042739581     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0485.2003.03817.x     Document Type: Article

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