Environmental factors influencing local distributions of European green crab (Carcinus maenas) for modeling and management applications

摘要: Environmental factors determine the habitat selection, use and distribution of species at various spatial scales. Understanding driving these distributions can help predict areas higher occurrence, be used in conservation, management strategies. In this study we reviewed 71 publications to evaluate most relevant shaping local, fine-scale a globally invasive species, European green crab (Carcinus maenas). We compared studies how differ (i) between adult juvenile life stages, (ii) with influence internal temporal variables, (iii) among clades. Factors depth, biotic interactions, vegetation, presence shelter salinity were found important, although supporting evidence varied stages. Internal variables size, carapace color sex, such as seasonal, tidal diel cycles played role determining crabs responded e...