Brown shrimp (Crangon crangon, L.) functional response to density of different sized juvenile bivalves Macoma balthica (L.)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 390, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-38

  Andresen, Henrike ^a   van der Meer, Jaap ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Functional response; Macoma balthica; Recruitment; Size dependent predation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIVALVE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; JUVENILE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREY SIZE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

BIVALVIA; CRANGON CRANGON; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MACOMA BALTHICA;

EID: 78349313854     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2010.04.027     Document Type: Article

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