The role of Asterina stellifera (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) as a predator in a rocky intertidal community in southern Brazil

Populations of Asterina stellifera Möbius, 1859 are declining in southern Brazil and today the species is on the Brazilian list of endangered species. Here we experimentally investigate the ecological role played by A. stellifera as a predator on the rocky substrate community by increasing densities...

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Published in:	Zoologia (Curitiba)
Main Authors:	Patrícia Calil, Rosana M. da Rocha, Carolina A. Freire, James J. Roper
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia 2009-06-01
Subjects:	Experiment predation rocky coast starfish
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702009000200010

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