Changes in hermit crab feeding patterns in response to trawling disturbance

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 144, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 63-72

  Ramsay, K ^a,b   Kaiser, M J ^b   Hughes, R N ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beam trawling; Feeding; Fishing impact; Hermit crabs

Indexed keywords

CHANGES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; FISHERY IMPACT; HERMIT CRAB; TRAWLING;

DECAPODA; PAGURUS BERNHARDUS; PAGURUS PRIDEAUX;

EID: 0030302928     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps144063     Document Type: Article

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