Fiddler crab burrow morphology: How do burrow dimensions and bioturbative activities compare in sympatric populations of Uca vocans (Linnaeus, 1758) and U. annulipes (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)?

Crustaceana

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 525-540

  Lim, Shirley S L ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; BURROW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRAB; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; SYMPATRY;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; THALASSUCA VOCANS;

EID: 33748947295     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854006777584241     Document Type: Article

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