Factors limiting distribution and activity patterns of the soldier crab Dotilla myctiroides in Phuket, South Thailand

Marine Biology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-87

  Bradshaw, C ^a,b   Scoffin, T P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; CRUSTACEAN; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LIMITING FACTOR; SAND WAVE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIDAL CYCLE;

THAILAND;

DECAPODA; DOTILLA MYCTIROIDES;

EID: 0032693111     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050604     Document Type: Article

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