The effect of salinity on survival, bioenergetics and predation risk in the mud crabs Panopeus simpsoni and Eurypanopeus depressus

Marine Biology

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 363-370

  Hulathduwa, Yasoma D ^a   Stickle, William B ^a   Brown, Kenneth M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; CRAB; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GROWTH RESPONSE; LABORATORY METHOD; PREDATION RISK; SALINITY; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SURVIVAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EURYPANOPEUS; EURYPANOPEUS DEPRESSUS; PANOPEUS SIMPSONI;

EID: 34547136429     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-007-0687-z     Document Type: Article

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