Predation by gulls on crabs in rocky intertidal and shallow subtidal zones of the Gulf of Maine

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 324, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-43

  Ellis, Julie C ^a,b   Chen, Walter ^b   O'Keefe, Brendan ^a   Shulman, Myra J ^b   Witman, Jon D ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian predation; Behavioral observations; Cancer borealis; Larus marinus; New England; Rocky intertidal zones

Indexed keywords

CRAB; FOOD WEB; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PREDATION; SEABIRD;

APPLEDORE ISLAND; MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CANCER BOREALIS; CANCER IRRORATUS; CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; LARUS MARINUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 26844466214     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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