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Publikováno v:
Invertebrate Biology. 130:43-48
Blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) prey on hooked mussels (Ischadium recurvum) growing epizoically on oyster clumps in estuaries along the Louisiana coast. In prey size-selection experiments, blue crabs preferred small mussels (
Autor:
Kenneth M. Brown, Barry Aronhime
Publikováno v:
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 379:28-33
Earlier research indicated crabs select small bivalve prey that are not always energetically optimal. We test whether patterns of bivalve prey selection differ between relatively strong-clawed stone crabs (Menippe adina) and two size classes of blue