Ocean acidification impairs crab foraging behavior

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1810, 2015, Pages

  Dodd, Luke F ^a   Grabowski, Jonathan H ^b   Piehler, Michael F ^a   Westfield, Isaac ^a,b   Ries, Justin B ^a,b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crassostrea virginica; Foraging behaviour; Ocean acidification; Panopeus herbstii; Predation; Predator prey

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIVALVE; CALCIFICATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRAB; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GLOBAL CHANGE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

ANIMALIA; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; OSTREIDAE; PANOPEUS HERBSTII;

CARBON DIOXIDE; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; BRACHYURA; CHEMISTRY; CRASSOSTREA; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRASSOSTREA; FOOD CHAIN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEAWATER;

EID: 84933055668     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.0333     Document Type: Article

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