Behavior of juvenile American lobsters, Homarus americanus, under predation risk

Marine Biology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 397-406

  Spanier, E ^a   McKenzie, T P ^b   Cobb, J S ^c   Clancy, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b Parametrics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN LOBSTER; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; INTRAPSECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SHELTER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR;

DECAPODA; HOMARUS AMERICANUS; TAUTOGA ONITIS;

EID: 0031906037     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050260     Document Type: Article

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