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Notes on starfish on an Essex oyster bed

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

D. A. Hancock
D. A. Hancock
Affiliation:
Fisheries Laboratory, Burnham-on-Crouch
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In a previous paper (Hancock, 1955) an account was given of the feeding behaviour of the starfish Asterias rubens L. and the common sunstar Solaster papposus (L.) on Essex oyster beds. In discussion, it was stated that there was no evidence that, in the conditions described, a cultivated oyster ground provided a greater attraction than an uncultivated one. The present work was undertaken to provide information on this subject, and also on the movements, growth and ecological relationships of starfish. Further experiments were made on feeding behaviour, particularly of the young starfish.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 37 , Issue 3 , October 1958 , pp. 565 - 589
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1958

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