Purple sea urchins Strongylocentrotus purpuratus reduce grazing rates in response to risk cues from the spiny lobster Panulirus interruptus

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 400, Issue , 2010, Pages 283-288

  Matassa, Catherine M ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kelp forest; Macrocystis pyrifera; Non consumptive effect; Trait mediated indirect interactions; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ECHINODERM; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FOOD WEB; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; KELP FOREST; LOBSTER; PREDATION RISK; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ECHINOIDEA; MACROCYSTIS; MACROCYSTIS PYRIFERA; PALINURIDAE; PANULIRUS INTERRUPTUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS;

EID: 77749333127     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08425     Document Type: Article

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