Chelal characteristics and foraging behaviour of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus Rathbun

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 221-229

  Seed, R ^a   Hughes, R N ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biomechanics; Callinectes; chelae; Geukensia; learning; prey selection; Uca

Indexed keywords

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA; GEUKENSIA DEMISSA; UCA PUGILATOR;

BLUE CRAB; CHELAL CHARACTERISTICS; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANISM MORPHOLOGY; PREY SELECTION;

EID: 0031060961     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1996.0214     Document Type: Article

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