Population expansion of an Antarctic king crab?

• Published in: Frontiers of Biogeography
• 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: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: LSU Digital Commons 2019
• Subjects: Antarctica; Deep sea; Historical demography; Invasive predator; Marine; ocean warming; Polar; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Marguerite; Marguerite Bay; Macpherson; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/biosci_pubs/1681; https://doi.org/10.21425/F5FBG43165; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/context/biosci_pubs/article/2680/viewcontent/1681.pdf

© 2019, the authors. 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 tele...