Interaction between an invasive decapod and a native gastropod: Predator foraging tactics and prey architectural defenses

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 330, Issue , 2007, Pages 179-188

  Rochette, Rémy ^a   Doyle, Sean P ^a   Edgell, Timothy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anti predator defenses; Carcinus maenas; Gastropod shell; Green crab; Invasion biology; Littorina obtusata; Predator prey relationship

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CRAB; FITNESS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SNAIL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; LITTORINA OBTUSATA;

EID: 33847221478     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps330179     Document Type: Article

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