Invasive species cause large-scale loss of native California oyster habitat by disrupting trophic cascades

Oecologia

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 563-575

  Kimbro, David L ^a,b,c   Grosholz, Edwin D ^a   Baukus, Adam J ^b   Nesbitt, Nicholas J ^b   Travis, Nicole M ^b   Attoe, Sarikka ^a   Coleman Hulbert, Caitlin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^c FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinus maenas; Foundation species; Olympia oyster Ostreola conchaphila; Trait mediated indirect interaction; Whelks

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIVALVE; COEXISTENCE; CRAB; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GASTROPOD; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MESOCOSM; MORTALITY; NATIVE SPECIES; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BRACHYURA; FOOD CHAIN; GASTROPOD; OYSTER; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; CALIFORNIA; FOOD CHAIN; GASTROPODA; MARINE BIOLOGY; OSTREIDAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OSTREA CONCHAPHILA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 67349264900     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1322-0     Document Type: Article

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