Using an individual-based model to examine the roles of habitat fragmentation and behavior on predator-prey relationships in seagrass landscapes

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 75-89

  Hovel, Kevin A ^a   Regan, Helen M ^a,b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue crab; Callinectes sapidus; Fragmentation; Habitat structure; Marine landscape structure; Seascape ecology

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; CRAB; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEAGRASS;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; PISCES;

EID: 37548998963     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-007-9148-9     Document Type: Article

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