Invariant size selection of blue mussels by roach despite variable prey size distributions

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 328, Issue , 2006, Pages 161-170

  Westerbom, Mats ^a,b,c   Lappalainen, Antti ^d   Mustonen, Olli ^b,c  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Body size; Edge species; Mytilus; Optimal foraging; Predator prey; Prey size selection; Rocky shores; Top down effects

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; BODY SIZE; CYPRINID; HOME RANGE; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SIZE SELECTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; RUTILUS RUTILUS;

EID: 33846558011     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps328161     Document Type: Article

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