Within-burrow behaviour of juvenile European lobsters Homarus gammarus (L.)

Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 229-253

  Wickins, J F ^a   Roberts, J C ^a   Heasman, M S ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Burrows; Food cache; Homarus; Lobster

Indexed keywords

GAMMARUS; HOMARUS; HOMARUS GAMMARUS; LOBSTER; DECAPODA;

BEHAVIOURAL ECOLOGY; BURROW; BURROWING ORGANISMS; EUROPEAN LOBSTER; JUVENILES; LOBSTER CULTURE; LOBSTER JUVENILE; WITHIN-BURROW BEHAVIOUR;

EID: 0030418031     PISSN: 10236244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236249609378994     Document Type: Article

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