Responses of the pea crab Pinnotheres taichungae to the life history patterns of its primary bivalve host Laternula marilina

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1453-1462

  Hsueh, Pan Wen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Laternula marilina; Life history patterns; Pinnotheres taichungae; The crab bivalve symbiotic relationship

Indexed keywords

CRAB; GROWTH; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SYMBIOSIS; TIDAL FLAT;

BIVALVIA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LATERNULA MARILINA; LATERNULIDAE; PINNOTHERES; PINNOTHERIDAE; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0038129532     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930210125407     Document Type: Article

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