Fiddler crab-vegetation interactions in hypersaline habitats

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-68

  Nomann, Benjamin E ^a   Pennings, Steven C ^a  

^a University of Georgia Marine Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Facilitation; Fiddler crab; Mutualism; Salt marsh; Uca

Indexed keywords

BURROWING; CRAB; HYPERSALINE HABITAT; PLANT-ANIMAL INTERACTION; SALTMARSH; VEGETATION COVER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CRAB; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PREDATION; VEGETATION;

USA, GEORGIA;

DECAPODA;

EID: 0031838930     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00209-8     Document Type: Article

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