Foraging by two estuarine fishes, Fundulus heteroclitus and Fundulus majalis, on juvenile Asian shore crabs (Hemigrapsus sanguineus) in western Long Island Sound

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 144-151

  Brousseau, Diane J ^a   Murphy, Anna E ^a   Enriquez, Nicole P ^a   Gibbons, Kara ^a  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian shore crab; Fundulus heteroclitus; Fundulus majalis; Hemigrapsus sanguienus; Killifishes; Predation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CRAB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTRODUCED SPECIES; JUVENILE; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT; PREDATION; STOMACH CONTENT; TELEOST;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; LONG ISLAND SOUND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; CYPRINODONTOIDEI; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; FUNDULUS MAJALIS; HEMIGRAPSUS; HEMIGRAPSUS SANGUINEUS; PISCES;

EID: 46249100992     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-007-9006-7     Document Type: Article

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