Macroalgal fouling on the intertidal mole crab Emerita analoga facilitates bird predation

In this work, we studied the effects of predation by birds on the intertidal mole crab Emerita analoga fouled by macroalgae in a sandy beach of central Peru (11° S). The epibiosis affected mostly the larger animals, especially adult females. Epibiosis prevalence for the entire intertidal population...

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Autores principales: Hidalgo, F.J., Firstater, F.N., Lomovasky, B.J., Gallegos, P., Gamero, P., Iribarne, O.O.
Formato: JOUR
Lenguaje:English
Materias:
Emerita analoga
Epibiosis
Indirect interactions
Peru
Predation
Sandy beach
abundance
biofouling
bird
crab
epibiosis
intertidal environment
macroalga
mortality
population distribution
predation
Albuneidae
algae
Animalia
Aves
Decapoda (Crustacea)
Insectivora
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_1438387X_v64_n4_p367_Hidalgo
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Biblioteca Digital - Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (UBA) de Universidad de Buenos Aires

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