Does gregariousness function as an antipredator mechanism in the Mediterranean slipper lobster, Scyllarides latus?

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1133-1143

  Lavalli, Kari L ^a   Spanier, Ehud ^a  

^a Texas State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dilution effect; Encounter effect; Gregarious behaviour; Tethering

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; GROUP SIZE; LOBSTER; PREDATION;

BALISTES; BALISTES CAROLINENSIS; CAROLINENSIS; LOBSTER; SCYLLARIDAE; SCYLLARIDES; SCYLLARIDES LATUS;

EID: 0035718022     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF01204     Document Type: Conference Paper

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