The adaptive value of aggregation among juvenile Caribbean spiny lobster: An evaluation using individual-based modeling

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 565-578

  Dolan III, Thomas W ^a   Butler IV, Mark J ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LOBSTER; PALINURIDAE; PANULIRUS ARGUS;

EID: 33845265078     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/S-2742.1     Document Type: Article

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