An exception to the rule: top-down control of a coral reef macroinvertebrate community by a tropical spiny lobster

Volume: 92, Issue: 1, Pages: 137 - 152
Published: Jan 1, 2016
Abstract
In temperate habitats, predation by lobsters creates trophic cascades that reverberate through benthic communities. However, the influence of lobsters on tropical benthic communities is thought to be minimal due to higher prey diversity and the mobility and broad diet of lobsters. We hypothesized that this would not be the case for the spotted spiny lobster (Panulirus guttatus Latreille, 1804), an obligate, philopatric dweller of Caribbean coral...
Paper Details
Title
An exception to the rule: top-down control of a coral reef macroinvertebrate community by a tropical spiny lobster
Published Date
Jan 1, 2016
Volume
92
Issue
1
Pages
137 - 152
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