Aggregated prey and predation rates: Juvenile shore crabs (Carcinus maenas) foraging on post-larval cockles (Cerastoderma edule)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 432-433, Issue , 2012, Pages 29-36

  Whitton, Timothy A ^a   Jenkins, Stuart R ^a   Richardson, Christopher A ^a   Hiddink, Jan G ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bivalve; Carcinus maenas; Cerastoderma edule; Cockle post larvae; Interference competition; Predation

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ANTAGONISM; BIVALVE; CRAB; HOMOGENEITY; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; JUVENILE; LARVA; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY; PATCH DYNAMICS; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BIVALVIA; CARCINUS MAENAS; CERASTODERMA EDULE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84864777905     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2012.07.014     Document Type: Article

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