Temporal reproductive patterns within a breeding season of the hermit crab Pagurus filholi: Effects of crab size and shell species

Marine Biology

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1069-1075

  Yoshino, K ^a   Goshima, S ^a   Nakao, S ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BREEDING SEASON; CRAB; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; PAGURIDAE; PAGURUS;

EID: 0036962662     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-002-0876-8     Document Type: Article

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