Predatory disturbance and prey species diversity: The case of gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) foraging on a multi-species mysid (family Mysidae) community

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 678, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-47

  Feyrer, Laura Joan ^a   Duffus, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gray whales; Intermediate disturbance; Mysids; Species diversity; Top down control

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; CRUSTACEAN; DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; VULNERABILITY; WHALE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ACANTHOMYSIS SCULPTA; AMPELISCIDAE; AMPHIPODA; CETACEA; ESCHRICHTIIDAE; ESCHRICHTIUS ROBUSTUS; MYSIDA; MYSIDAE; NEOMYSIS;

EID: 81055140550     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0816-z     Document Type: Article

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