Predator response diversity to warming enables ecosystem resilience in the Galápagos
Fig 2
The study species used in the predation experiments that quantified the effect of temperature on predation rates by four marine carnivores that inhabit rocky, subtidal reefs of the Galápagos.
(A) Heliaster cumingi, (B) Hexaplex princeps, (C) Tribulus planospira, and (D) Vasula melones. The three prey species used were (E) Megabalanus peninsularis, (F) Columbella haemastoma (note this image is of the visually very similar congener C. fuscata), and (G) Engina pirostoma. In the experiments, predator species A-C were fed Megabalanus and Vasula were fed the two small herbivorous snails (F and G). Species sizes, including their relative sizes, are not to scale. Photos A-D, F, and G were taken by Jose Vieira. E was taken by Favio Rivera.