Ecology of the endemic land crab Johngarthia malpilensis (Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinidae), a poorly known species from the Tropical Eastern Pacific

Pacific Science

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 483-493

  López Victoria, Mateo ^a,b   Werding, Bernd ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS Y COSTERAS INVEMAR   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CRAB; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FOOD WEB; JUVENILE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; OMNIVORY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

COLOMBIA; MALPELO ISLAND; SOUTH AMERICA; VALLE DEL CAUCA;

AVES; BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GECARCINIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 53449086208     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2984/1534-6188(2008)62[483:EOTELC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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