Immobility in five species of fiddler crabs, genus Uca

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 82-84

  Bergey, Lauren ^a   Weis, Judith S ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LOBSTER; OCYPODIDAE; UCA;

EID: 33144459787     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/C-2587.1     Document Type: Article

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