Role of mechanosensory stimuli in intraspecific agonistic encounters of the snapping shrimp (Alpheus heterochaelis)

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 156-167

  Herberholz, Jens ^a   Schmitz, Barbara ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ALPHEUS HETEROCHAELIS;

EID: 0031731759     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1542823     Document Type: Article

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