Ecology of tropical hermit crabs at Quirimba Island, Mozambique: Distribution, abundance and activity

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 154, Issue , 1997, Pages 133-142

  Barnes, David K A ^a,b,c  

^a Soc for Environmental Exploration   (United Kingdom)

^b Frontier Moçambique   (Mozambique)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Activity; Africa; Diversity; Hermit crab; Intertidal; Mangrove

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERNS; CRAB ASSEMBLAGE; ECOLOGICAL ZONATION; HERMIT CRAB; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITIES;

MOZAMBIQUE; QUIRIMBA ARCHIPELAGO;

CLIBANARIUS; CLIBANARIUS LAEVIMANUS; CLIBANARIUS VIRESCENS; COENOBITA; COENOBITA CAVIPES; COENOBITA RUGOSUS; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 0030877526     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps154133     Document Type: Article

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