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Diet and Temporal Partitioning Facilitates Coexistence Between Two Octopus Species in a Shallow Coastal Habitat
Type: Text
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 …