Increased predation of juvenile European spiny lobster (Palinurus elephas) in a marine protected area

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 447-453

  Díaz, David ^a   Zabala, Mikel ^a   Linares, Cristina ^a   Hereu, Bernat ^a   Abelló, Pere ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Marine protected areas; Mediterranean Sea; Palinurus elephas; Predation; Shelter; Spiny lobster

Indexed keywords

LOBSTER; MARINE PARK; PREDATION;

CATALONIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERONA [CATALONIA]; MEDES ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

ELEPHAS; LOBSTER; PALINURIDAE; PALINURUS ELEPHAS; PALINURUS VULGARIS; PONTOPHILUS SPINOSUS;

EID: 23044434996     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2005.9517324     Document Type: Article

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