Intraguild predation by shore crabs affects mortality, behavior, growth, and densities of California horn snails
Abstract The California horn snail, Cerithideopsis californica, and the shore crabs, Pachygrapsus crassipes and Hemigrapsus oregonensis, compete for epibenthic microalgae, but the crabs also eat snails. Such intraguild predation is common in nature, despite models predicting instability. Using a ser...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2016-05-01
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| Series: | Ecosphere |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1262 |