Eastern oysters Crassostrea virginica deter crab predators by altering their morphology in response to crab cues

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 111-118

  Robinson, Elizabeth M ^a,c   Lunt, Jessica ^a   Marshall, Christopher D ^b   Smee, Delbert L ^a  

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

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue crab; Callinectes sapidus; Indirect interaction; Mud crab; Non consumptive effects; Panopeus herbstii; Predator avoidance; Predator prey interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899638316     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00549     Document Type: Article

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