Environmental Modification of Chemosensory Interactions between Predators and Prey: The World According to Whelks

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Ferner, Matthew C.
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The effect of environmental modification of predator sensory abilities remains largely unknown, despite the importance of predators to ecosystem function. I conducted a series of experiments to investigate effects of hydrodynamics on the chemosensory search behavior and foraging success of two species of marine gastropods, knobbed whelks (
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