The invasive green crab and Japanese shore crab: Behavioral interactions with a native crab species, the blue crab

Biological Invasions

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 837-848

  MacDonald, James A ^a,b   Roudez, Ross ^b   Glover, Terry ^c   Weis, Judith S ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BLOOMFIELD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agonism; Behavior; Callinectes sapidus; Carcinus maenas; Hemigrapsus sanguineus; Juvenile competition; Marine invasion

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; CRAB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; JUVENILE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SYMPATRY;

NORTH AMERICA;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HEMIGRAPSUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 34548683007     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-006-9085-6     Document Type: Article

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