Herding limits water loss in the sand fiddler crab, Uca pugilator

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 141-145

  Yoder, Jay A ^a   Reinsel, Kathleen A ^a   Welch, James M ^a   Clifford, Danielle M ^a   Rellinger, Eric J ^a  

^a WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; CELUCA PUGILATOR; OCYPODIDAE;

EID: 22044442259     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/C-2517     Document Type: Article

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