Simulated predator extinctions: Predator identity affects survival and recruitment of oysters

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 428-438

  O'Connor, Nessa E ^a,c   Grabowski, Jonathan H ^b   Ladwig, Laura M ^a   Bruno, John F ^a  

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

^b GULF OF MAINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Callinectes sapidus; Crab; Crassostrea virginica; Ecosystem functioning; Extinction; Foundation species; Identity effect; Menippe mercenaria; Oyster; Panopeus herbstii; Predator prey interaction; Trophic interaction

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIVALVE; CRAB; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTINCTION RISK; HARVESTING; INTRAGUILD INTERACTION; JUVENILE; ORGANIC MATTER; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BRACHYURA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD PREFERENCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; OYSTER; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BRACHYURA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD PREFERENCES; OSTREIDAE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MENIPPE MERCENARIA; MERCENARIA; OSTREIDAE; PANOPEUS HERBSTII;

EID: 42249102290     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-2029.1     Document Type: Article

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