Benthic Predators Influence Microhabitat Preferences and Settlement Success of Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (Acanthaster cf. solaris)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Collection and Maintenance of Study Species
2.2. Preparation of Cues
2.3. Predation Rates by Benthic Predators
2.4. Static Choice Chambers
2.5. Settlement Assays
3. Results
3.1. Potential Predators
3.2. Static Choice Chambers
3.3. Settlement Assays
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Cowan, Z.-L.; Dworjanyn, S.A.; Caballes, C.F.; Pratchett, M. Benthic Predators Influence Microhabitat Preferences and Settlement Success of Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (Acanthaster cf. solaris). Diversity 2016, 8, 27. https://doi.org/10.3390/d8040027
Cowan Z-L, Dworjanyn SA, Caballes CF, Pratchett M. Benthic Predators Influence Microhabitat Preferences and Settlement Success of Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (Acanthaster cf. solaris). Diversity. 2016; 8(4):27. https://doi.org/10.3390/d8040027
Chicago/Turabian StyleCowan, Zara-Louise, Symon A. Dworjanyn, Ciemon F. Caballes, and Morgan Pratchett. 2016. "Benthic Predators Influence Microhabitat Preferences and Settlement Success of Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (Acanthaster cf. solaris)" Diversity 8, no. 4: 27. https://doi.org/10.3390/d8040027
APA StyleCowan, Z. -L., Dworjanyn, S. A., Caballes, C. F., & Pratchett, M. (2016). Benthic Predators Influence Microhabitat Preferences and Settlement Success of Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (Acanthaster cf. solaris). Diversity, 8(4), 27. https://doi.org/10.3390/d8040027