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Rate of prey consumption in two intertidal crab species : the introduced European green crab, Carcinus maenas, and native dungeness crab, Cancer magister

Creator:

Davidson, Timothy Mathias

Abstract:

The prey consumption rates of two estuarine crab species were compared: the introduced Carcinus maenas and the native Cancer magister. Similar sized crabs of each species were placed into individual perforated plastic boxes and then placed in a seawater table. Each crab was offered 50 Mytilus trossulus mussels (15-25mm) per...

Resource Type:

Undergraduate Thesis

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). Furthermore, in Yaquina Bay, Oregon, Hauck (2000) examined the predatory impact of Carcinus maenas on native