Particle size selectivity and resource partitioning in five species of Thalassinidea (Crustacea: Decapoda)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 169, Issue , 1998, Pages 243-250

  Pinn, Eunice H ^a   James, R ^a   Atkinson, A ^a   Rogerson, Andrew ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Callianassa; Calocaris; Resource utilization; Upogebia

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NICHE PARTITIONING; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; CALLIANASSA; CALLIANASSA SUBTERRANEA; CALOCARIS; CALOCARIS MACANDREAE; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); JAXEA NOCTURNA; THALASSINIDEA; UPOGEBIA; UPOGEBIA DELTAURA; UPOGEBIA STELLATA; UPOGEBIIDAE;

EID: 0032490869     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps169243     Document Type: Article

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