We also observed
starfish, of all size classes, preying directly on the epibiotic barnacles on mussels, however, feeding rates were
low and considered unlikely to reduce the extent of fouling on mussels. Our findings show that the predator–
prey relationship between starfish andmussels does not differ between unstressedmussels and those experimentally
stressed by aerial exposure for 48 h so that this level of stress is unlikely to affect predation rates by A.