Movement patterns of the East Coast rock lobster Panulirus homarus rubellus on the coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-101

  Steyn, E ^a   Schleyer, M H ^a  

^a OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

larval settlement; movement; ontogenetic; rock lobster; South Africa; tag recapture; traps

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BAIT; COASTAL ZONE; FISHING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; LOBSTER; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT; ONTOGENY; SCOUR; SCUBA DIVING; TAGGING; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

DURBAN; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84857297360     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2010.538067     Document Type: Article

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