Influence of morphometry and biomechanics on diet selection in three portunid crabs

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 137, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 111-121

  Freire, Juan ^a   Sampedro, M Paz ^a   González Gurriarán, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Decapoda; Diet selection; Feeding; Morphometry; Portunidae

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CRAB; DIET; MORPHOMETRY; PREY SELECTION;

SPAIN, GALICIA, RIA DE AROSA;

DECAPODA; NECORA PUBER;

EID: 0029669524     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps137111     Document Type: Article

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