Omnivory dampens trophic cascades in estuarine communities

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 507, Issue , 2014, Pages 197-206

  Johnson, Keith D ^a   Grabowski, Jonathan H ^b   Smee, Delbert L ^c  

^a STEVENSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Crassostrea virginica; Food web; Indirect effects; Lethal and non lethal effects; Mud crabs; Predator prey interactions; Top down

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904506973     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10815     Document Type: Article

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