Predation in subtropical soft-bottom systems: Spiny lobster and molluscs in Florida Bay

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 345, Issue , 2007, Pages 185-197

  Nizinski, Martha S ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Florida Bay; Predation; Soft bottom systems; Spiny lobster; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIVALVE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FINFISH; GUILD; LOBSTER; PREDATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEAGRASS; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; PALINURIDAE; PANULIRUS ARGUS;

EID: 35348879044     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps06912     Document Type: Article

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