Ectosymbiotic behavior of Cancer gracilis and its trophic relationships with its host Phacellophora camtschatica and the parasitoid Hyperia medusarum

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 315, Issue , 2006, Pages 221-236

  Towanda, Trisha ^a   Thuesen, Erik V ^a  

^a EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleaning behavior; Commensal crab; Fecal pellet; Hyperiid amphipod; Metabolic rate; Scyphozoa; Stable isotope; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

CRAB; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; JELLYFISH; JUVENILE; LARVA; METABOLISM; PARASITOID; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

NORTH AMERICA; PUGET SOUND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

AMPHIPODA; ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA FRANCISCANA; AURELIA LABIATA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BRACHYURAN; CANCER (CRUSTACEAN); CANCER GRACILIS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HYDROIDA; HYPERIA MEDUSARUM; HYPERIIDAE; PHACELLOPHORA CAMTSCHATICA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 33746097442     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps315221     Document Type: Article

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