Harbouring the enemy: kelp holdfasts protect juvenile sea urchins from predatory crabs

Harbouring the enemy: kelp holdfasts protect juvenile sea urchins from predatory crabs

Predation is an important agent of post-settlement mortality of sea urchins that is mediated by the availability and suitability of spatial refuges, particularly during the vulnerable juvenile stage. In laboratory and field caging experiments, we show that holdfasts of a dominant kelp, Saccharina la...

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Veröffentlicht in:Marine ecology. Progress series (Halstenbek) 2014-11, Vol.514, p.149-161
Hauptverfasser: Feehan, Colette J., Francis, Fiona T.-Y., Scheibling, Robert E.
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Sprache:eng
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Cancer borealis
Echinoidea
Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis
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Zusammenfassung:Predation is an important agent of post-settlement mortality of sea urchins that is mediated by the availability and suitability of spatial refuges, particularly during the vulnerable juvenile stage. In laboratory and field caging experiments, we show that holdfasts of a dominant kelp, Saccharina latissima, provide a spatial refuge for juvenile sea urchins Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (
ISSN:0171-8630
1616-1599
DOI:10.3354/meps10983