Prospects for the return of shell-crushing crabs to Antarctica

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-7

  Aronson, Richard B ^a   Frederich, Markus ^b   Price, Rick ^c   Thatje, Sven ^d  

^a Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^c Ocean and Earth Science University of Southampton National Oceanography Centre Southampton ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carcinus maenas; Halicarcinus planatus; Antarctica; Biological invasion; Biotic homogenization; Brachyura; Climate change; Crabs; Lithodidae; Range expansion

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURA; CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LITHODIDAE;

EID: 84914815009     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12414     Document Type: Article

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