A large population of king crabs in Palmer Deep on the west Antarctic Peninsula shelf and potential invasive impacts
Lithodid crabs (and other skeleton-crushing predators) may have been excluded from cold Antarctic continental shelf waters for more than 14 Myr. The west Antarctic Peninsula shelf is warming rapidly and has been hypothesized to be soon invaded by lithodids. A remotely operated vehicle survey in Palm...
Published in: | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
2012
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Online Access: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3259932 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21900324 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2011.1496 |