Brooding behaviour and cost of brooding in small body size brachyuran crabs

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 309, Issue , 2006, Pages 213-220

  Fernández, Miriam ^a,b   Calderón, Ricardo ^a   Cifuentes, Mauricio ^a,c   Pappalardo, Paula ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Body size; Brooding; Crab embryo; Decapods; Marine invertebrates; Oxygen provision; Parental care

Indexed keywords

CRAB; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; INCUBATION; INVERTEBRATE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

ACANTHOCYCLUS GAYI; BRACHYURAN; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; PISOIDES;

EID: 33645808712     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps309213     Document Type: Article

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