Burrow-orientated activity in the ocypodid crab, Dotilla fenestrata, living in a mangrove swamp

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 281-293

  Gherardi, Francesca ^a,b   Russo, Silvia ^a   Anyona, Diane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BURROWING ORGANISM; CRUSTACEAN; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MANGROVE; PLASTICITY;

DOTILLA FENESTRATA;

EID: 0032942250     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315498000319     Document Type: Article

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