Foraging by the omnivorous crab Pachygrapsus transversus affects the structure of assemblages on sub-tropical rocky shores

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 420, Issue , 2010, Pages 125-134

  Christofoletti, Ronaldo A ^a   Murakami, Valéria A ^b   Oliveira, Diogo N ^b   Barreto, Rodrigo E ^b   Flores, Augusto A V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Food web; Foraging behaviour; Functional groups; Omnivory; Predation; Top down control

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CRAB; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FILTER FEEDER; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HERBIVORY; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROALGA; OMNIVORY; PREDATION; ROCKY SHORE; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ASCIDIACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; PACHYGRAPSUS TRANSVERSUS; PATELLIDAE;

EID: 78651275304     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08880     Document Type: Article

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