Studies on the salinity and desiccation tolerances of Helice tridens and Helice japonica (Decapoda: Grapsidae)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 386, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 27-36

  Omori, Koji ^a   Irawan, Bambang ^a   Kikutani, Yoshihisa ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Desiccation; Helice japonica; Helice tridens; Salinity; Western Japan

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOLERANCE;

JAPAN;

DECAPODA; GRAPSIDAE; HELICE JAPONICA; HELICE TRIDENS;

EID: 0032417004     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003461911201     Document Type: Article

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