Observations on the agonistic behavior of the swimming crab Charybdis longicollis Leene infected by the rhizocephalan barnacle Heterosaccus dollfusi Boschma

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 173-176

  Innocenti, Gianna ^a   Pinter, Noa ^b   Galil, Bella S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; MARINE BIOLOGY; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

PARASITES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

AGGRESSION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; CRAB; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

CHARYBDIS LONGICOLLIS; CIRRIPEDIA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HETEROSACCUS DOLLFUSI; PORTUNIDAE; THORACICA;

EID: 0037518554     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z02-226     Document Type: Article

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