Factors selecting for avoidance of drilled shells by the hermit crab Pagurus longicarpus

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 262, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 75-89

  Pechenik, Jan A ^a   Hsieh, Jennifer ^a   Owara, Shannon ^b   Wong, Peter ^b   Marshall, Durwood ^a   Untersee, Steven ^a   Li, Wei ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

Hermit crabs; Pagurus; Shell selection behavior

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; HABITAT SELECTION; PREDATION; SHELL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CRAB; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PREDATION; PROTECTION; SNAIL;

CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; LITTORINA LITTOREA; PAGURUS; PAGURUS LONGICARPUS;

EID: 0035879860     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(01)00284-2     Document Type: Article

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