Modeling the impacts of the European green crab on commercial shellfisheries

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 915-924

  Grosholz, Edwin ^a   Lovell, Sabrina ^b,d   Besedin, Elena ^c   Katz, Marilyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^d NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinus maenas; Commercial shellfish; Economic impacts; Estuarine habitat; European green crab; Invasive species; Mercenaria mercenaria; Mya arenaria; North American West Coast; Population dynamics; Predator prey interactions; Shellfish market model

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISHERY MODELING; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HABITAT LOSS; INVASIVE SPECIES; INVERTEBRATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PRIORITIZATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIVALVE; BRACHYURA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD INDUSTRY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; BRACHYURA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHERIES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; CARCINUS MAENAS; MERCENARIA MERCENARIA; MYA ARENARIA; MYTILUS EDULIS; PECTINIDAE;

EID: 79955485622     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1657.1     Document Type: Article

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