Behavioural and physiological implications of a burrow-dwelling lifestyle for two species of upogebiid mud-shrimp (Crustacea: Thalassinidea)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-168

  Astall, C M ^a   Taylor, A C ^a   Atkinson, R J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

burrows; Clyde Sea area; Crustacea; hypoxia; irrigation; oxygen consumption; Thalassinidea

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); THALASSINIDEA; UPOGEBIA STELLATA; UPOGEBIIDAE; DECAPODA; UPOGEBIA DELTAURA;

BEHAVIOURAL ADAPTATION; BEHAVIOURAL ADAPTATIONS; BURROWING; BURROWING ORGANISMS; HYPOXIA; MUD SHRIMP; PHYSIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS; PHYSIOLOGY;

UK;

EID: 0031060958     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1996.0207     Document Type: Article

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