Biological control of marine pests

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1989-2000

  Lafferty, Kevin D ^a   Kuris, Armand M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocontrol agents, safety testing of; Biological control; Carcinus maenas; Green crab; Host specificity; Introduced species; Marine pests, biological control of; Natural enemies; Parasitic castrator; Recruitment, importance of; Rhizocephala

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; GREEN CRAB; INTRODUCED CRAB;

AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA; CANADA; SOUTH AFRICA; USA, CALIFORNIA; USA, NEW ENGLAND;

CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA;

EID: 0030427823     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265695     Document Type: Article

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