Ontogenetic pattern of resource use by the tiny hermit crab Pagurus villosus (PAGURIDAE) from the temperate Chilean coast

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 353, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 68-79

  Pardo, L Miguel ^a,c   Piraud, Fernanda ^a   Mantelatto, Fernando L ^b   Ojeda, F Patricio ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Anomura; Chile; Dispersion; Subtidal environment

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; COASTAL ZONE; CRAB; HABITAT USE; MICROHABITAT; ONTOGENY; RECRUITMENT; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE USE; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; ANOMURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; NASSARIUS GAYI; PAGURID; PAGURUS; TEGULA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 35748948986     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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