Use of fishery-dependent data for the evaluation of depensation: Case study involving the predation of rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii) by octopus (Octopus maorum)

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 455-469

  Hunter, Cass M ^a,b   Haddon, Malcolm ^a   Sainsbury, Keith J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depensation; Depensatory mortality; Jasus edwardsii; Octopus predation; Predator prey interaction

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; LOBSTER; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

CRUSTACEA; JASUS EDWARDSII; LOBSTER; OCTOPUS; OCTOPUS MAORUM;

EID: 23044490289     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2005.9517325     Document Type: Article

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