Hydrodynamic sensory stressors produce nonlinear predation patterns

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1391-1400

  Smee, Delbert L ^a   Ferner, Matthew C ^b   Weissburg, Marc J ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue crab; Callinectes sapidus; Chemosensation; Clam; Flow; Fluid dynamics; Georgia; Mercenaria mercenaria; Predator prey interaction; Sensory ecology; Turbulence; USA; Wassaw sound

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRAB; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; PERCEPTION; PREDATION; PREY LOCATION; SENSORY SYSTEM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIVALVE; BRACHYURA; ECOSYSTEM; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SEA;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; BRACHYURA; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

BIVALVIA; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MERCENARIA MERCENARIA;

EID: 77951869017     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0017.1     Document Type: Article

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