Osmoregulation in six sympatric fiddler crabs (genus Uca) from the northwestern Gulf of Mexico

Marine Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 269-284

  Thurman, Carl L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Ecology; Fiddler crabs; Osmoregulation; Uca

Indexed keywords

CRAB; OSMOREGULATION; TAXONOMY;

GULF OF MEXICO;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; PANACEA; UCA; UCA LONGISIGNALIS; UCA MINAX; UCA PANACEA; UCA RAPAX; UCA SPINICARPA; UCA SUBCYLINDRICA;

EID: 0036983154     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0485.2002.02785.x     Document Type: Article

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