Behavioural adaptations of the fiddler crabs Uca vocans borealis (Crane) and Uca lactea lactea (De Haan) for coexistence on an intertidal shore

Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 147-160

  Shin, P K S ^a   Yiu, M W ^a   Cheung, S G ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Behavioural adaptations; Coexistence; Fiddler crabs; Internal shore; Sympatric

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COEXISTENCE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; NICHE PARTITIONING; PARTICLE SIZE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER CONTENT;

DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA; UCA LACTEA; UCA VOCANS;

EID: 5444268278     PISSN: 10236244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236240400006117     Document Type: Article

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