Symbiosis between an alpheid shrimp and a xanthoid crab in salt marshes of mid-Atlantic states, U.S.A.

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 876-879

  Silliman, Brian R ^a,b   Layman, Craig A ^a,c   Altieri, Andrew H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHEIDAE; ALPHEUS; ALPHEUS HETEROCHAELIS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; OCYPODIDAE; OSTREIDAE; PANOPEUS; PANOPEUS HERBSTII; SCYLLA SERRATA; XANTHOIDEA;

EID: 0242489322     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/C-2410     Document Type: Article

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