Foraging behaviour of the hermit crab Clibanarius erythropus in a Mediterranean shore

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 457-461

  Benvenuto, Chiara ^a   Sartoni, Gianfranco ^b   Gherardi, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; FOOD SELECTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; ROCKY SHORE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

ALGAE; CLIBANARIUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIOGENIDAE;

EID: 0038738198     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315403007331h     Document Type: Article

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