Differences in body size and water balance strategies between North Carolina and Florida populations of the sand fiddler crab, Uca pugilator

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 560-564

  Yoder, Jay A ^a   Tank, Justin L ^a   Rellinger, Eric J ^a   Moore, Brian E ^a   Gribbins, Kevin M ^a  

^a WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; CELUCA PUGILATOR; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE;

EID: 35948989754     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/S-2795.1     Document Type: Article

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