Putting prey and predator into the CO 2 equation - qualitative and quantitative effects of ocean acidification on predator-prey interactions

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1143-1148

  Ferrari, Maud C O ^a   McCormick, Mark I ^b   Munday, Philip L ^b   Meekan, Mark G ^c   Dixson, Danielle L ^b   Lonnstedt, Öona ^b   Chivers, Douglas P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Coral reef fishes; Mesocosm experiment; Mortality rate; Ocean acidification; Predator prey interaction; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ACIDIFICATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; JUVENILE; MESOCOSM; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGY; PERCIFORM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FISH; MARINE BIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PREDATION; SEA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FISHES; MARINE BIOLOGY; MORTALITY; OCEANS AND SEAS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE;

EID: 80053639091     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01683.x     Document Type: Article

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