Negative interactions between two SW Atlantic intertidal crabs in soft-bottom habitats

Marine Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1479-1490

  Martinetto, Paulina ^a,b   Valiñas, Macarena ^a,b   Palomo, Gabriela ^b,c   Iribarne, Oscar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BURROW; COEXISTENCE; CRAB; HABITAT USE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; SEX RATIO; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

CHASMAGNATHUS GRANULATA; CYRTOGRAPSUS ANGULATUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 34247629991     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0585-9     Document Type: Article

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