Can fisheries influence interspecific competition in sympatric populations of hermit crabs?

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 521-531

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

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Fisheries discards; Hermit crabs; North sea; Populations

Indexed keywords

AGGREATION; AGGREGATION; FISHERY IMPACT; HERMIT CRAB; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; POPULATION INCREASE; POPULATION INCRESE; SCAVENGING;

DECAPODA; PAGURUS BERNHARDUS; PAGURUS PRIDEAUX;

EID: 0031954959     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222939800770281     Document Type: Article

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