Comparisons of social structure of Columbus crabs living on loggerhead sea turtles and inanimate flotsam

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 185-194

  Dellinger, Thomas ^a   Davenport, John ^b   Wirtz, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United Kingdom)

^c Edificio Ventur ^*  (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PLANES MINUTUS; SARGASSUM; TESTUDINES; DECAPODA;

COLUMBUS CRAB; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEANS; FLOTSAM; LOGGERHEAD TURTLE; TURTLES;

EID: 0030621157     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0025315400033865     Document Type: Conference Paper

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