Effects of macroalgal structural complexity on nearshore larval and post-larval crab composition

Marine Biology

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1055-1064

  Daly, Benjamin ^a   Konar, Brenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; CRAB; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LARVA; MACROALGA; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SCUBA DIVING; SEASONALITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TRAPPING;

ALASKA; KACHEMAK BAY; KENAI PENINSULA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CANCER OREGONENSIS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FABIA SUBQUADRATA; PUGETTIA GRACILIS; TELMESSUS CHEIRAGONUS;

EID: 39649089847     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-007-0878-7     Document Type: Article

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