The influence of light availability and predatory behavior of the decapod crustacean Nephrops norvegicus on the activity rhythms of continental margin prey decapods

Marine Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 366-375

  Aguzzi, Jacopo ^a   Bahamon, Nixon ^b   Marotta, Leonardo ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^c Entropia Snc   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavior; Decapods; Deep sea; Diel rhythms; Environmental interpretation; GAMs; Light; Nephrops norvegicus; Predator; Prey; Slope; Vector fitting

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTACEAN; DEEP-SEA ORGANISM; DIEL VARIATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CRUSTACEA; NEPHROPS; NEPHROPS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 68549085411     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2008.00276.x     Document Type: Article

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