Potential impacts of a western Pacific grapsid crab on intertidal communities of the northwestern Atlantic Ocean

Biological Invasions

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 353-361

  Gerard, V A ^a   Cerrato, R M ^a   Larson, A A ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding; Grapsid crab; Hemigrapsus sanguineus; Nonindigenous; Population density; Predation; Rocky intertidal

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; GRAPSIDAE; HEMIGRAPSUS SANGUINEUS; INVERTEBRATA; LITTORINA LITTOREA; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 0001534850     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010093329077     Document Type: Article

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