Hermit crab shell use patterns: Response to previous shell experience and to water flow

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 228, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-51

  Hahn, Daniel R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcinus; Flow rate; Hermit crabs; Pagurus; Shell selection

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; HABITAT SELECTION; MICROHABITAT; SHELL;

ARTICLE; CRAB; ECOLOGY; GASTROPOD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; WATER FLOW;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; UNITED STATES;

CALCINUS ELEGANS; CALCINUS GAIMARDII; CALCINUS SEURATI; DECAPODA; GASTROPODA; OLIVELLA BIPLICATA; PAGURUS GRANOSIMANUS; PAGURUS SAMUELIS; TEGULA BRUNNEA; TEGULA FUNEBRALIS;

EID: 0032190426     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(98)00002-1     Document Type: Article

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