Effect of crab size and habitat type on the locomotory activity of juvenile shore crabs, Carcinus maenas

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 509-516

  Almeida, Maria João ^a   Flores, Augusto A V ^b   Queiroga, Henrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carcinus maenas; habitat distribution; juveniles; locomotory activity; Portugal

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; CRAB; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; HABITAT TYPE; JUVENILE; LOCOMOTION; MOVEMENT; PITFALL TRAP; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SIZE EFFECT;

BEJA [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; MIRA ESTUARY; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ZOSTERA;

EID: 56449099218     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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