Regional differences in foraging behaviour of invasive green crab (Carcinus maenas) populations in Atlantic Canada

Biological Invasions

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 659-669

  Rossong, Melanie A ^a,b   Quijón, Pedro A ^b   Snelgrove, Paul V R ^a   Barrett, Timothy J ^c   McKenzie, Cynthia H ^d   Locke, Andrea ^e  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^d NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

^e GULF FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Competition; Foraging; Genetic variation; Invasion time

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CRAB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HABITAT TYPE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; JUVENILE; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC COAST [CANADA]; ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF FUNDY; CANADA;

CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LOBSTER;

EID: 84858005029     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-0107-7     Document Type: Article

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