Evidences of habitat displacement between two common soft-bottom SW Atlantic intertidal crabs

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 296, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 167-182

  Iribarne, Oscar ^a   Martinetto, Paulina ^a   Schwindt, Evangelina ^a,b   Botto, Florencia ^a   Bortolus, Alejandro ^c   Borboroglu, Pablo Garcia ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Williams Mystic   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chasmagnathus granulatus; Competition; Crabs; Cyrtograpsus angulatus; Habitat displacement; Habitat selection; Intertidal

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMPETITIVE DISPLACEMENT; CRAB; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

CHASMAGNATHUS GRANULATA; CHASMAGNATHUS GRANULATUS; CYRTOGRAPSUS; CYRTOGRAPSUS ANGULATUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA TAXON); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); SCYLLA SERRATA; VARUNIDAE;

EID: 0142084664     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(03)00318-6     Document Type: Article

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