Post-settlement predation on ascidian recruits: Predator responses to changing prey density

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 121-131

  Whitlatch, Robert B ^a   Osman, Richard W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional responses; New England; Non native ascidians; Recruit predators

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957346402     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2009.4.1.13     Document Type: Article

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