The effects of hermit crabs on hydractiniid hydroids

Marine Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-67

  Van Winkle, David H ^a   Longnecker, Krista ^b   Blackstone, Neil W ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Disturbance; Epibiont; Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus; Hydroids; Image analysis; Pagurus longicarpus; Patch dynamics; Podocoryna carnea

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; EPIBIONT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION;

HYDRACTINIA SYMBIOLONGICARPUS; LITTORINA LITTOREA; PAGURUS LONGICARPUS; PODOCORYNA CARNEA;

EID: 0034091342     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0485.2000.00693.x     Document Type: Article

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