Strategies for migration in the terrestrial Christmas Island red crab Gecarcoidea natalis: Intermittent versus continuous locomotion

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 3221-3231

  Adamczewska, Agnieszka M ^a,b   Morris, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Christmas Island red crab; Gecarcoidea natalis; Haemolymph; Intermittent exercise; Migration strategy

Indexed keywords

GECARCOIDEA NATALIS;

EID: 0032447436     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.201.23.3221     Document Type: Article

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