Intraspecific agonistic arm-fencing behavior in the Antarctic keystone sea star Odontaster validus influences prey acquisition

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 371, Issue , 2008, Pages 297-300

  McClintock, James B ^a   Angus, Robert A ^a   Ho, Christina P ^a   Amsler, Charles D ^a   Baker, Bill J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agonism; Arm fencing behavior; Keystone species; Odontaster validus; Predation; Sea star

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSPECIFIC; ECHINODERM; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; KEYSTONE SPECIES; LABORATORY METHOD; LIMB; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION; PREY CAPTURE; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ASTEROIDEA; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; ODONTASTER VALIDUS;

EID: 57849146085     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07710     Document Type: Article

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