Behavior of four species of fiddler crabs, genus Uca, in southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 523, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 47-58

  Weis, Judith S ^a   Weis, Peddrick ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

activity; behavior; feeding; fiddler crabs; habitat; Uca

Indexed keywords

FEEDING RATES; MANGROVE AREAS;

ALGAE; BIODIVERSITY; FEEDING; FLOODS; OCEAN HABITATS; WATER WAVE EFFECTS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BURROWING; CRAB; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROOMING; MANGROVE;

ASIA; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SULAWESI; SUNDA ISLES;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHTHALMUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HALOPHILA; OCYPODIDAE; UCA;

EID: 3142760187     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000033093.84155.1d     Document Type: Article

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