Implications of a fluctuating fish predator guild on behavior, distribution, and abundance of a shared prey species: The grass shrimp Palaemonetes pugio

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 293, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-40

  Davis, Jana L D ^a,b   Metcalfe, William J ^a   Hines, Anson H ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Williams Mystic   (United States)

Author keywords

Fundulus heteroclitus; Morone saxatilis; Predator prey interactions; Refuge

Indexed keywords

GUILD STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SIZE; REFUGE;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA TAXON); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; MORONE SAXATILIS; PALAEMONETES PUGIO; PALAEMONIDAE;

EID: 0043270336     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(03)00122-9     Document Type: Article

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