The SW Atlantic burrowing crab Chasmagnathus granulatus Dana affects the distribution and survival of the fiddler crab Uca uruguayensis Nobili

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 291, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 255-267

  Daleo, Pedro ^a   Ribeiro, Pablo ^a   Iribarne, Oscar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chasmagnathus granulatus; Habitat differentiation; Predation; Uca uruguayensis

Indexed keywords

CRAB; HABITAT USE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CHASMAGNATHUS GRANULATA; CHASMAGNATHUS GRANULATUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA TAXON); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA; UCA URUGUAYENSIS; VARUNIDAE;

EID: 0038209542     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(03)00140-0     Document Type: Article

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