Different crab species influence feeding of the snail Nucella lapillus through trait-mediated indirect interactions

Marine Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 348-353

  Aschaffenburg, Matthew D ^a,b  

^a Health Services and Department of Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barnacle; Community structure; Crab; Food chain; Indirect effect; Predator prey; Rocky intertidal zone; Snail; Trait mediated indirect interactions

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CRAB; FEEDING; FOOD CHAIN; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SNAIL;

CANCER IRRORATUS; CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; MINUCA PUGNAX; MITHRAX SCULPTUS; NUCELLA LAPILLUS; PAGURUS LONGICARPUS; PERCNON GIBBESI; THORACICA;

EID: 51349134965     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2008.00227.x     Document Type: Article

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