
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Jernakoff, P 
A1  - Phillips, BF 
A1  - Fitzpatrick, JJ 
T1  - The diet of post-puerulus western rock lobster, <I>Panulirus cygnus</I> George, at Seven Mile Beach, Western Australia
JF  - Marine and Freshwater Research
JO  - Mar. Freshwater Res.
Y1  - 1993
VL  - 44
IS  - 4
SP  - 649
EP  - 655
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9930649 
N2  - Post-puerulus western rock lobsters (juveniles within their first year after settlement), taken from natural  habitats and artificial collectors at Seven Mile Beach, had consumed a variety of plant and animal material.  Post-pueruli in the natural environment foraged amongst seagrass and macroalgae on limestone reefs, and  animals on the collectors probably foraged only on the collectors. The major components in the diet were  coralline algae, molluscs and crustaceans. The ratios of these in the contents of the fore-gut were related to  moult stage. Although the dietary spectrum of the post-pueruli was similar to that of larger juveniles at the  same site, the ratios of food items were different. 
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