Getting a grip on the intertidal: Flow microhabitat and substratum type determine the dislodgement of the crab Pachygrapsus crassipes (Randall) on rocky shores and in estuaries

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 295, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-21

  Lau, Winnie W Y ^a,b   Martinez, Marlene M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Crab; Dislodgement; Hydrodynamics; Mudflat; Rugosity; Wave swept

Indexed keywords

CRAB; DISTURBANCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MUDFLAT; ROCKY SHORE; SUBSTRATE;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA TAXON); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSIDAE; PACHYGRAPSUS; PACHYGRAPSUS CRASSIPES;

EID: 0042358727     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(03)00276-4     Document Type: Article

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