Preference for feeding at habitat edges declines among juvenile blue crabs as oyster reef patchiness increases and predation risk grows

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 466, Issue , 2012, Pages 145-153

  Macreadie, Peter I ^a,b   Geraldi, Nathan R ^a   Peterson, Charles H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Edge effect; Habitat fragmentation; Hunting mode; Non consumptive effect; Non lethal effect; Oyster reef; Trait mediated indirect effect; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIVALVE; CRAB; EDGE EFFECT; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD WEB; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUNTING; JUVENILE; PATCHINESS; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REEF; REFUGE; RISK PERCEPTION; TROPHIC CASCADE;

EID: 84867527157     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09986     Document Type: Article

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