Size-selective foraging behaviour of blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus (rathbun), when feeding on mobile prey: Active and passive components of predation

Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 143-159

  Mascaro, Maite ^a   Hidalgo, Luis E ^a   Chiappa Carrara, Xavier ^b   Simoes, Nuno ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Active prey selection; Blue crab; Callinectes sapidus; Foraging behaviour; Litopenaeus setiferus; Passive prey selection; Prey selection

Indexed keywords

CRAB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREDATION; SIZE SELECTION;

CALLINECTES; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LITOPENAEUS; LITOPENAEUS SETIFERUS; PENAEIDAE; PORTUNIDAE;

EID: 0242369734     PISSN: 10236244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236240310001603224     Document Type: Article

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