Title: A link between predator density and arm loss in the starfish <i>Marthasterias glacialis</i> and <i>Asterias rubens</i>
Abstract: Arm loss in two species of starfish Marthasterias glacialis and Asterias rubens (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) was recorded at eight sites in Lough Hyne, south-west Ireland. There was a significant positive correlation between the density of predators ( Luidia ciliaris (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) and Cancer pagurus (Crustacea: Brachyura)) and arm loss in both species of starfish. The results suggest that predators may be responsible for a significant proportion of observed arm loss in these two species of starfish in Lough Hyne.
Publication Year: 2000
Publication Date: 2000-06-01
Language: en
Type: article
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