Nocturnally active western rock lobsters Panulirus cygnus forage close to shallow coastal reefs

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-210

  MacArthur, Lachlan D ^a   Hyndes, Glenn A ^a   Babcock, Russell C ^b   Vanderklift, Mathew A ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Foraging range; Movement; Spiny lobster

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLIS; PALINURIDAE; PANULIRUS CYGNUS; POSIDONIA SINUOSA;

EID: 76149093562     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00107     Document Type: Article

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