The diets of juvenile horseshoe crabs, Tachypleus tridentatus and Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda (Xiphosura), from nursery beaches proposed for conservation in Hong Kong

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 38, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 1915-1925

  Zhou, H ^a   Morton, Brian ^b,c  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda; Diet; Juvenile horseshoe crab; Nursery beach; Tachypleus tridentatus

Indexed keywords

CRAB; DIET; FOOD PREFERENCE; JUVENILE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

ANNELIDA; BIVALVIA; CARCINOSCORPIUS ROTUNDICAUDA; CHIRONOMIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LIMULUS; MEROSTOMATA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); POLYCHAETA; TACHYPLEUS; TACHYPLEUS GIGAS; TACHYPLEUS TRIDENTATUS; XIPHOSURA;

EID: 2942620544     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0022293031000155377     Document Type: Article

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