Size matters for risk assessment and resource allocation in bivalves

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 462, Issue , 2012, Pages 103-110

  Johnson, Keith D ^a   Smee, Delbert L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

Author keywords

Clam; Crab; Crassostrea virginica; Inducible defense; Mercenaria; Mussel; Non lethal predator effect; Oyster; Panopeus

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BIVALVE; BODY SIZE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CRAB; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; FECUNDITY; GROWTH RATE; METABOLITE; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REEF; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHELL; SIZE EFFECT; TROPHIC INTERACTION; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84865436367     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09804     Document Type: Article

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