Predator-prey interactions of American lobster (Homarus americanus) in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-88

  Hanson, John Mark ^a  

^a GULF FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diet; Distribution; Feeding periodicity; Habitat; Potential predators

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; CRAB; CRUSTACEAN; DEMERSAL FISH; ECHINODERM; LOBSTER; MOLLUSC; PELAGIC FISH; PERIODICITY; POLYCHAETE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHUMBERLAND STRAIT;

ASTEROIDEA; CANCER IRRORATUS; CANCRIDAE; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HOMARUS AMERICANUS; LOBSTER; MOLLUSCA; MYOXOCEPHALUS; MYOXOCEPHALUS SCORPIUS; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 67650799627     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330909509983     Document Type: Conference Paper

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