Mate choice in the big-clawed snapping shrimp, Alpheus heterochaelis Say, 1818

Crustaceana

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-111

  Rahman, Nasreen ^a   Dunham, David W ^a   Govind, C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MATE CHOICE; SHELTER;

ALPHEIDAE; ALPHEUS; ALPHEUS HETEROCHAELIS; ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 2542502867     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854004323037919     Document Type: Article

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