Cannibalism in Dungeness crab Cancer magister: Effects of predator-prey size ratio, density, and habitat type

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 182, Issue , 1999, Pages 221-230

  Fernández, Miriam ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Artificial habitat; Cannibalism; Dungeness crab; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CANNIBALISM; CRUSTACEAN; DENSITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

CANCER MAGISTER; DECAPODA;

EID: 18544393163     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps182221     Document Type: Article

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