Population expansion of an Antarctic king crab?

• Main Authors: Hellberg, Michael E., Aronson, Richard B., Smith, Kathryn E., Duhon, Mark I., Ahyong, Shane T., Lovrich, Gustavo A., Thatje, Sven, McClintock, James B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2019
• Subjects: Antarctica; marine; invasive predator; historical demography; deep sea; ocean warming; polar; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Macpherson; Marguerite; Marguerite Bay; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6qd7d671

Benthic assemblages of the Antarctic continental shelf are dominated by sessile and slow-moving, epifaunal invertebrates. This community structure persists because shell-crushing (durophagous) predators are absent or ecologically insignificant in shelf habitats. Durophagous teleosts, elasmobranchs,...