Effects of habitat patchiness on American lobster movement across a gradient of predation risk and shelter competition

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1993-2002

  Hovel, Kevin A ^a   Wahle, Richard A ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

American lobster; Cobble; Competition; Habitat fragmentation; Homarus americanus; Movement; Patchiness; Predation; Shelter

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL ZONE; CONSPECIFIC; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LOBSTER; MOVEMENT; PATCHINESS; PREDATION RISK; SHELTER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEPHROPIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; MOVEMENT; NEPHROPIDAE; NEW ENGLAND; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RISK FACTORS;

MAINE; NEW ENGLAND; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

HOMARUS AMERICANUS; LOBSTER;

EID: 77954604258     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0595.1     Document Type: Article

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