Interference competition for space in nursery habitats: Density-dependent effects on growth and dispersal in juvenile shore crabs Carcinus maenas

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 281, Issue , 2004, Pages 181-191

  Moksnes, Per Olav ^a,b  

^a GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carcinus maenas; Density dependence; European green crab; Growth; Interference competition; Migration; Nursery habitat; Recruitment regulation

Indexed keywords

CRAB; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISPERSAL; GROWTH; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; POPULATION REGULATION; RECRUITMENT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WORLD;

CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSIDAE; PORTUNIDAE;

EID: 9644258524     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps281181     Document Type: Article

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