Australian scallops do not recognise the introduced predatory seastar Asterias amurensis

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 298, Issue , 2005, Pages 305-309

  Hutson, Kate S ^a,b   Ross, D Jeff ^a   Day, Rob W ^a   Ahern, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Escape response; Introduced species; Northern Pacific seastar; Predator recognition

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RECOGNITION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ASTERIAS; ASTERIAS AMURENSIS; CHLAMYS ASPERRIMA; COSCINASTERIAS MURICATA; INVERTEBRATA; PECTEN FUMATUS; PECTINIDAE;

EID: 24944585858     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps298305     Document Type: Article

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