Behaviour patterns as natural antifouling mechanisms of tropical marine crabs

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 245-258

  Becker, Klaus ^a   Wahl, Martin ^b  

^a BIOLAB Forschungsinstitut   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antifouling; Behaviour; Crabs; Epibionts; Thailand; Tropical

Indexed keywords

ANTIFOULING MECHANISM; ANTIFOULING MECHANISMS; BEHAVIOUR; CRAB; EPIBIONT; EPIBIONTS;

GULF OF THAILAND;

CALAPPA PHILARGIUS; CHARYBDIS ANISODON; DECAPODA; ETISUS LAEVIMANUS; HEXAPUS ANFRACTUS; METAPOGRAPSUS QUADRIDENTATUS; PODOPHTHALMUS VIGIL; SCYLLA SERRATA;

EID: 0030587675     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-0981(96)02575-0     Document Type: Article

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