Effect of predation by the invasive crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus on recruiting barnacles Semibalanus balanoides in western Long Island Sound, USA

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 339, Issue , 2007, Pages 221-228

  Brousseau, Diane J ^a   Goldberg, Ronald ^b  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian shore crab; Barnacles; Caging study; Hemigrapsus sanguineus; Long Island Sound; Predation impact; Recruitment; Semibalanus balanoides

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CRAB; CRUSTACEAN; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT; ROCKY SHORE;

LONG ISLAND SOUND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BRACHYURAN; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HEMIGRAPSUS SANGUINEUS; SEMIBALANUS BALANOIDES; THORACICA;

EID: 34347405716     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps339221     Document Type: Article

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