Avoidance of drilled gastropod shells by the hermit crab Pagurus longicarpus at Nahant, Massachusetts

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 253, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-32

  Pechenik, Jan A ^a   Lewis, Sara ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Drill holes; Hermit crabs; Pagurus; Shell selection

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CRUSTACEAN; SHELL; SHELTER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CRAB; GASTROPOD; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PAGURUS LONGICARPUS; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PLACE PREFERENCE; PREDATION; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034609837     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(00)00234-3     Document Type: Article

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