Predation on an introduced marine snail by native crabs

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Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (leaves 55-58). / Ceratostoma ioornatum is an introduced marine snail in Puget Sound,
Washington. Two of five native species tested as possible predators ate
Ceratostoma. These two species, the crabs Cancer gracilis and
Lopbppaoopeys bellys, did not eat native snails similar to Ceratpstpma,
but ate native and introduced bivalves more than Ceratpstpma. The
reasons for the differences in predation seemed to be explained by shell
strength of the prey species. The presence of Ceratpstpma adds a new
type of prey to the menu of the two crab species
at the sites studied.

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1. Baker, Patrick. Predation on an Introduced Marine Snail by Native Crabs. Thesis (M.S.)--University of Oregon, 1988, 1988.
2. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/9843

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Predation (Biology)

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Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:uoregon.edu/oai:scholarsbank.uoregon.edu:1794/9843
Date	January 1988
Creators	Baker, Patrick
Publisher	Thesis (M.S.)--University of Oregon, 1988.
Source Sets	University of Oregon
Language	en_US
Detected Language	English
Type	Thesis