Metabolic responses of sand fiddler crabs, Uca pugilator, in northwest Florida to seasonal temperature change

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 308-313

  Jimenez, Ana G ^a   Bennett, Wayne A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brumation; Capacity adaptation; Crab metabolic rates; Precht response curves; Q10

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CRAB; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; METABOLIC RATE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; UCA PUGILATOR; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

CELUCA PUGILATOR; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE;

EID: 34447575698     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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