Influence of predatory reef fishes on the spatial distribution of Munida gregaria (=M. subrugosa) (Crustacea; Galatheidae) in shallow Patagonian soft bottoms

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 354, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 93-100

  Galván, David E ^a   Parma, Ana M ^a   Iribarne, Oscar O ^b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Artificial reefs; Exclusion cages; Patagonia; Prey predator interactions; Reef fish; Soft bottoms

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PREDATION; REEF; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CRUSTACEA; GALATHEIDAE; MUNIDA GREGARIA; PISCES;

EID: 37549065484     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.10.009     Document Type: Article

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