Effects of harvesting callianassid (ghost) shrimps on subtropical benthic communities

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 320, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 133-158

  Skilleter, Greg A ^a   Zharikov, Yuri ^a   Cameron, Bronwyn ^a   McPhee, Daryl P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human impacts; Recreational harvesting; Spatial patchiness; Subtropical benthic communities; Trypaea australiensis

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HARVESTING; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; CALLIANASSIDAE; CAPITELLIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GAMMARIDAE; GAMMARIDEA; MARTES; MICTYRIS; MICTYRIS LONGICARPUS; MILETINAE; POLYCHAETA; TRYPAEA AUSTRALIENSIS;

EID: 20344365840     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2004.12.033     Document Type: Article

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