A keystone predatory sea star in the intertidal zone is controlled by a higher-order predatory sea star in the subtidal zone

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 370, Issue , 2008, Pages 143-153

  Gaymer, Carlos E ^a   Himmelman, John H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autotomy; Chile; Distribution; Ecological role; Keystone; Predator prey interaction; Sea star; Sublethal predation

Indexed keywords

AUTOTOMY; ECHINODERM; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; KEYSTONE SPECIES; PREDATION; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

ASTEROIDEA; CINGULATA; CONCHOLEPAS CONCHOLEPAS; GASTROPODA; HELIANTHUS; HELIASTER HELIANTHUS; MEYENASTER GELATINOSUS; TURRITELLA;

EID: 56749181298     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07663     Document Type: Article

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