Dietary change of the rock lobster Jasus lalandii after an 'invasive' geographic shift: Effects of size, density and food availability

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 160-170

  Haley, C N ^a   Blamey, L K ^a   Atkinson, L J ^a   Branch, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Abalone; Benthic community; Kelp forest; Lobster; Predator; Urchin

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; COASTAL ZONE; CRAB; DIETARY SHIFT; ECHINODERM; GASTROPOD; INVASIVE SPECIES; JUVENILE; KELP FOREST; LOBSTER; PREDATOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; RANGE EXPANSION; SPONGE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ALGAE; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ECHINOIDEA; HALIOTIDAE; HALIOTIS MIDAE; JASUS LALANDII; LOBSTER; PARECHINUS ANGULOSUS; THORACICA;

EID: 79957457835     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.04.015     Document Type: Article

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