Behavioural mechanisms underlying functional response of sea stars Asterias vulgaris preying on juvenile sea scallops Placopecten magellanicus

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 317, Issue , 2006, Pages 75-86

  Wong, Melisa C ^a   Barbeau, Myriam A ^b   Dowd, Michael ^c   Richard, K R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asterias vulgaris; Behavioural mechanisms; Functional response; Handling time; Placopecten magellanicus; Prey density; Rate of successful search; Sea scallop; Sea star; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ECHINODERM; FORAGE; INVERSE ANALYSIS; JUVENILE; MOLLUSC; PREDATION; PREDATOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ASTERIAS; ASTERIAS VULGARIS; ASTEROIDEA; PECTINIDAE; PLACOPECTEN MAGELLANICUS;

EID: 33747601391     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps317075     Document Type: Article

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