Influence of seasonal food abundance and quality on the feeding habits of an opportunistic feeder, the intertidal crab Pachygrapsus marmoratus

Marine Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1331-1342

  Cannicci, Stefano ^a   Gomei, Marina ^a   Dahdouh Guebas, Farid ^b   Rorandelli, Rocco ^a   Terlizzi, Antonio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALGAE; BIVALVIA; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; MELARHAPHE NERITOIDES; PACHYGRAPSUS MARMORATUS;

EID: 34247647958     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0570-3     Document Type: Article

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