Dataset: Legacy of predators: behavior
Data Citation:
Ng, G., Gaylord, B. (2022) Anti-predatory and foraging behaviors of whelks from laboratory experiments at Bodega Marine Laboratory in 2017. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2022-03-16 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.869563.1 [access date]
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DOI:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.869563.1
Spatial Extent: N:38.33325 E:-123.04805 S:38.33325 W:-123.04805
Temporal Extent: 2017-08-13 - 2017-08-27
Project:
Principal Investigator:
Brian Gaylord (University of California-Davis BML, UC Davis-BML)
Student:
Gabriel Ng (University of California-Davis BML, UC Davis-BML)
Contact:
Gabriel Ng (University of California-Davis BML, UC Davis-BML)
BCO-DMO Data Manager:
Taylor Heyl (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)
Shannon Rauch (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)
Version:
1
Version Date:
2022-03-16
Restricted:
No
Validated:
Yes
Current State:
Final no updates expected
Anti-predatory and foraging behaviors of whelks from laboratory experiments at Bodega Marine Laboratory in 2017
Abstract:
To investigate anti-predatory and foraging behaviors of whelks, we conducted laboratory experiments at Bodega Marine Laboratory in 2017 to test whether previous predator exposure had a sustained effect on prey foraging and in turn on a basal resource, even after the predator was removed. We tested for both behavioral and morphological legacies of prior predation. The study system consisted of a tri-trophic food chain, using the red rock crab, Cancer productus, as the predator, the carnivorous whelk, Nucella ostrina, as the prey species, and the California mussel, Mytilus californianus, as the basal resource.