Density-dependent predation by blue crabs Callinectes sapidus on natural prey populations of infaunal bivalves

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 295, Issue , 2005, Pages 215-228

  Kuhlmann, Mark L ^a   Hines, Anson H ^b  

^a HARTWICK COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agonism; Callinectes sapidus; Density dependence; Experimental scale; Foraging behavior; Functional response; Macoma balthica; Predator prey interactions

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CRAB; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; MESOCOSM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BIVALVIA; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; MACOMA BALTHICA;

EID: 22744446896     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps295215     Document Type: Article

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