When r-selection may not predict introduced-species proliferation: Predation of a nonnative oyster

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 718-730

  Bishop, Melanie J ^a,b   Peterson, Charles H ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blue crab; Crassostrea ariakensis; Exotic species; Life history trade offs; Mechanical defense; Predation; Proliferation of introduced species

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CRAB; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MATURATION; OYSTER CULTURE; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRACHYURA; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD PREFERENCE; OYSTER; PREDATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CRASSOSTREA; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD PREFERENCES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ASIA; CHESAPEAKE BAY; EURASIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CRASSOSTREA ARIAKENSIS; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OSTREIDAE;

EID: 33646126074     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[0718:WRMNPI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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