Density-dependent indirect effects: Apparent mutualism and apparent competition coexist in a two-prey system

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 456, Issue , 2012, Pages 139-148

  Long, W Christopher ^a,b   Gamelin, Emily F ^a,b   Johnson, Eric G ^a   Hines, Anson H ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue crab; Functional response; Indirect effects; Macoma balthica; Predator prey interactions

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BIRTH RATE; BIVALVE; COEXISTENCE; CRAB; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; MUTUALISM; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

BIVALVIA; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MACOMA BALTHICA;

EID: 84862239264     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09702     Document Type: Article

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