Diet composition influences the fitness of the herbivorous crab Grapsus albolineatus

Oecologia

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 22-29

  Kennish, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Algal diet; Growth; Reproduction; Rocky shore; Storage; Tropical

Indexed keywords

ALGAL DIET; DIET; DIETS; FITNESS; GROWTH; NUTRITIONAL QUALITY; REPRODUCTION; ROCKY SHORE;

DECAPODA; GRAPSUS ALBOLINEATUS; GRAPUS ALBOLINEATUS;

EID: 0029668981     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00328787     Document Type: Article

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