Influence of pneumatophores on the burrow morphology of Uca annulipes (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) (Brachyura, Ocypodidae) in the field and in simulated mangrove micro-habitats

Crustaceana

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1327-1338

  Lim, Shirley S L ^a   Rosiah, A ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Da Qiao Primary School   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURROW; CRAB; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MANGROVE; MICROHABITAT; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA ANNULIPES;

EID: 36248936771     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: 15685403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854007782605529     Document Type: Article

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