The response of spanner crabs (Ranina ranina) to tangle nets - Behaviour of the crabs on the nets, probability of capture and estimated distance of attraction to bait

Fisheries Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-46

  Hill, B J ^a   Wassenberg, T J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Catchability; Distance of attraction to bait; Spanner crabs; Tangle nets

Indexed keywords

BAIT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

RANINA RANINA;

EID: 0032914826     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(99)00009-0     Document Type: Article

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