Habitat restrictions in early benthic life: experiments on habitat selection and in situ predation with the American lobster

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 91-114

  Wahle, Richard A ^a   Steneck, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size scaling; Bottleneck; Habitat shift; Homarus americanus; Predation risk; Substratum selection

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN LOBSTER; HABITAT SELECTION; LOBSTER; PREDATION;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HOMARUS AMERICANUS; LOBSTER; PISCES;

EID: 0026592942     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-0981(92)90077-N     Document Type: Article

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