Burrow architecture of the ghost crab Ocypode ceratophthalma on a sandy shore in Hong Kong

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 560, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-49

  Chan, Benny Kwok Kan ^a,b   Chan, Karen Kit Yu ^a   Leung, Philip Cheuk Man ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Burrows; Ghost crabs; Hong Kong; Ocypode ceratophthalma; Sandy shores

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ECOLOGY; WATER;

BURROWS; GHOST CRABS; OCYPODE CERATOPHTHALMA; SANDY SHORES;

BIODIVERSITY;

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BURROW; CRAB;

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

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODE; OCYPODIDAE;

EID: 33645076496     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-1088-2     Document Type: Article

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