The relative importance of habitat-specific settlement, predation and juvenile dispersal for distribution and abundance of young juvenile shore crabs Carcinus maenas L.

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 271, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-73

  Moksnes, Per Olav ^a,b  

^a GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Early post settlement mortality; Green crab; Habitat selection; Migration; Nursery habitats

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; CRAB; HABITAT SELECTION; JUVENILE; MIGRATION; NURSERY GROUND; SETTLEMENT PATTERN;

ARTICLE; CRAB; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MESOCOSM; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PREDATION;

ALGAE; CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSIDAE;

EID: 0037052883     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(02)00041-2     Document Type: Article

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