Diet and fecundity of columbus crabs, Planes minutus, associated with oceanic-stage loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, and inanimate flotsam

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 350-355

  Prick, Michael G ^a   Williams, Kristina L ^a   Bolten, Alan B ^b   Bjorndal, Karen A ^b   Martins, Helen R ^c  

^a Caretta Research Project   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; PLANES CYANEUS; PLANES MINUTUS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 2942620125     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/c-2440     Document Type: Article

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