Predator biomass determines the magnitude of non-consumptive effects (NCEs) in both laboratory and field environments

Oecologia

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-91

  Hill, Jennifer M ^a,b   Weissburg, Marc J ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipredator behavior; Blue crabs; Body size; Chemical cues; Trophic cascades

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CRAB; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD METHOD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LABORATORY METHOD; MESOCOSM; PREDATION RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MACULINEA ARION; OSTREIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; BRACHYURA; HISTOLOGY; OYSTER; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; BRACHYURA; OSTREIDAE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84876170298     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2488-4     Document Type: Article

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