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Diet and Temporal Partitioning Facilitates Coexistence Between Two Octopus Species in a Shallow Coastal Habitat

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Year: 2017, 2017, 2017, 2017

Member of: FAU Undergraduate Student Research

Contributors: Bartz, Danielle, Bennice, Chelsea, Brooks, W. Randy

Publisher: Florida Atlantic University

Description: Niche partitioning mechanisms may be used by closely related, sympatric species to reduce competition. We examine two dimensions of niche partitioning (diet and temporal) amongst the common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) and the Atlantic longarm octopus (Macrotritopus defilippi), which spatially overlap in a South Florida intracoastal habitat. SCUBA is used to collect octopus prey remains and… more

Full Text: Diet and Temporal Par33oning Facilitates Coexistence Between Two Octopus Species in a Shallow Coastal Habitat 1,2 2 2 Danielle Bartz , Chelsea Bennice , Randy Brooks 1Honors Thesis Program, 2Department of Biological Sciences, Charles E. Schmidt College of …