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The influence of predatory decapods, refuge, and microhabitat selection on seagrass communities
- Date Issued:
- 1985
Title: | The influence of predatory decapods, refuge, and microhabitat selection on seagrass communities. |
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Name(s): |
Leber, Kenneth M., creator Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Genre: | Article | |
Issuance: | single unit | |
Date Issued: | 1985 | |
Publisher: | The Ecological Society of America | |
Extent: | 15 p. | |
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Language(s): | English | |
Identifier: | 3172808 (digitool), FADT3172808 (IID), fau:5680 (fedora), 10.2307/2937391 (doi) | |
Note(s): |
This research was designed (1) to examine the role of predatory decapod crustaceans as an organizingforce in prey distribution and abundance patterns, and (2) to compare the importance of vegetation as a prey refuge from predators with its importance as a microhabitat for epifauna in seagrass meadows. After documenting the predator-exclusion effectiveness of a new cage design by defaunating and monitoring faunal immigration into cages during a 2-mo period of high predator densities, I initiated a l -mo manipulative field experiment designed to examine the refuge value of vegetation. This manuscript is available at http://www.esajournals.org/loi/ecol and may be cited as: Leber, K. M. (1985). The influence of predatory decapods, refuge, and microhabitat selection on seagrass communities. Ecology, 66(6), 1951-1964. doi:10.2307/2937391 Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #428. |
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Subject(s): |
Shrimps Seagrasses --Mexico, Gulf of --Identification Seagrasses –Ecology Thalassia Decapoda (Crustacea) Predation (Biology) |
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Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3172808 | |
Links: | http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2937391 | |
Restrictions on Access: | ©1985 The Ecological Society of America | |
Host Institution: | FAU |