Prey selection and the functional response of sea stars (Asterias vulgaris Verrill) and rock crabs (Cancer irroratus Say) preying on juvenile sea scallops (Placopecten magellanicus (Gmelin)) and blue mussels (Mytilus edulis Linnaeus)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 327, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-21

  Wong, Melisa C ^a   Barbeau, Myriam A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioural mechanisms; Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis); Multiple prey species; Prey density; Prey selection; Rock crab (Cancer irroratus); Sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus); Sea star (Asterias vulgaris)

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CRAB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SELECTION;

ANIMALIA; ASTERIAS; ASTERIAS VULGARIS; ASTEROIDEA; CANCER (CRUSTACEAN); CANCER IRRORATUS; CANCER PAGURUS; CANCRIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MYTILUS EDULIS; PECTINIDAE; PLACOPECTEN MAGELLANICUS;

EID: 27744452409     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2005.05.018     Document Type: Article

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