Activity pattern and spatial strategy in Pachygrapsus marmoratus (Decapoda: Grapsidae) from Mediterranean and Atlantic shores

Marine Biology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 429-435

  Cannicci, S ^a   Paula, J ^b   Vannini, M ^c  

^a Lega Italiana per la Lotta Contro i Tumori   (Italy)

^b Laboratorio Maritimo da Guia   (Portugal)

^c Museo Zoologico La Specola   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BIOTIC FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

DECAPODA; GRAPSIDAE; PACHYGRAPSUS MARMORATUS;

EID: 0032919006     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050481     Document Type: Article

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