Impacts of habitat complexity on physiology: Purple shore crabs tolerate osmotic stress for shelter

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 865-876

  McGaw, I J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b BAMFIELD MARINE SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Crab; Hemigrapsus nudus; Osmoregulation; Salinity; Shelter

Indexed keywords

CRAB; HABITAT STRUCTURE; OSMOREGULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SALINITY TOLERANCE;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSIDAE; HEMIGRAPSUS NUDUS;

EID: 0035708150     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.2001.0826     Document Type: Article

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