Less choosy or different preference? Impact of hypoxia on hermit crab shell assessment and selection

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 867-873

  Côté, Isabelle M ^a   Reverdy, Bénédicte ^a   Cooke, Paul K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; HABITAT SELECTION; HYPOXIA; SHELL;

DECAPODA; PAGURUS BERNHARDUS;

EID: 0031728938     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0828     Document Type: Article

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