Patterns of distribution of dominant porcelain crabs (Decapoda: Porcellanidae) under boulders in the intertidal of northern Chile

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 523-531

  Emparanza, Esteban J M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ARTURO PRAT   (Chile)

^b Billund Aquaculture Chile SA   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BOULDER; CRAB; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALLOPETROLISTHES ANGULOSUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PETROLISTHES GRANULOSUS; PORCELLANIDAE;

EID: 34247464840     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407053611     Document Type: Article

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