Discriminating Eaters: Sea Stars Asterias rubens L. Feed Preferably on Mytilus trossulus Gould in Mixed Stocks of Mytilus trossulus and mytilus edulis L

Sea stars Asterias rubens are important natural enemies of the blue mussel Mytilus in the North Atlantic. We asked whether these predators distinguish between the cryptic species M. edulis and M. trossulus that occur sympatrically in the White Sea. In mixed experimental stocks, the odds of being eat...

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