Effects of Ilyanassa obsoleta (Say) on the abundance and vertical distribution of Corophium volutator (Pallas) on mudflats of the upper Bay of Fundy

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 397, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 161-172

  Coulthard, Miriam E ^a   Hamilton, Diana J ^a  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Corophium volutator; Ilyanassa obsoleta; Interference; Interspecific interactions; Mudflat

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADULT; AMPHIPOD; AVOIDANCE REACTION; EMIGRATION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MORTALITY; MUDFLAT; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONALITY; SNAIL; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF FUNDY; CANADA;

COROPHIUM; COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR; ILYANASSA OBSOLETA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 78650594429     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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