Subtle changes in prey foraging behavior have cascading effects in a shallow estuary

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 427, Issue , 2011, Pages 51-58

  Geraldi, Nathan R ^a,b,c   Powers, Sean P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue crab; Indirect effects; Movement; Non consumptive effects; Predator prey interactions; Prey behavior; Red drum; Structure; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CRAB; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FOOD WEB; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT; PERCIFORM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY CAPTURE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SHALLOW WATER; TELEMETRY;

BIVALVIA; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; MERCENARIA; MERCENARIA MERCENARIA; SCIAENOPS; SCIAENOPS OCELLATUS;

EID: 79954490392     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09041     Document Type: Article

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