Shell condition and adequacy of three sympatric intertidal hermit crab populations

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 37, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 1781-1795

  Turra, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clibanarius; Diogenidae; Hermit crabs; Intertidal; Resource partitioning; S o Sebasti o Channel; Shell adequacy; Shell condition; Shell use

Indexed keywords

CRAB; ENCRUSTATION; NICHE PARTITIONING; SHELL; SYMPATRY;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CLIBANARIUS; CLIBANARIUS ANTILLENSIS; CLIBANARIUS VITTATUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIOGENIDAE; OSTREIDAE; THORACICA;

EID: 0042164657     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930110116020     Document Type: Article

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