Sexual and aggressive interactions in a mixed species group of lobsters Homarus gammarus and H. americanus

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 191-200

  van der Meeren, Gro I ^a   Chandrapavan, Arani ^b   Breithaupt, Thomas ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural interactions; Decapod crustaceans; Dominance; Interbreeding; Species introduction

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEA; GAMMARUS; HOMARUS AMERICANUS; HOMARUS GAMMARUS; LOBSTER;

EID: 70449435803     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00050     Document Type: Article

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