Habitat complexity mitigates trophic transfer on oyster reefs

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 277, Issue , 2004, Pages 291-295

  Grabowski, Jonathan H ^a,d   Powers, Sean P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^c DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^d GULF OF MAINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Habitat complexity; Interference competition; Mercenaria mercenaria; Oyster reefs; Panopeus herbstii

Indexed keywords

FORAGING EFFICIENCY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REEF;

BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MERCENARIA MERCENARIA; OSTREIDAE; PANOPEIDAE; PANOPEUS; PANOPEUS HERBSTII; SCYLLA SERRATA; VENERIDAE;

EID: 4544322796     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps277291     Document Type: Article

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