Between-habitat differences in burrow characteristics and trophic modes in the southwestern Atlantic burrowing crab Chasmagnathus granulata

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 155, Issue , 1997, Pages 137-145

  Iribarne, Oscar ^a   Bortolus, Alejandro ^a   Botto, Florencia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Burrowing; Chasmagnathus granulata; Herbivory; Spartina marsh

Indexed keywords

BURROW; BURROWING CRAB; BURROWING ORGANISMS; BURROWS; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; HABITAT; MUDFLAT; SALTMARSH;

(SOUTHWEST); ATLANTIC;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHASMAGNATHUS GRANULATA; CHASMAGNATHUS GRANULATE; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); NEMATODA; OSTRACODA; POLYCHAETA; SPARTINA; THALASSINIDEA;

EID: 0030922827     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps155137     Document Type: Article

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