Activity patterns, feeding and burrowing behaviour of the crab Ucides cordatus (Ucididae) in a high intertidal mangrove forest in North Brazil

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 374, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 104-112

  Nordhaus, Inga ^a   Diele, Karen ^a   Wolff, Matthias ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^b CHARLES DARWIN RESEARCH STATION   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Burrowing behaviour; Competition; Feeding activity; Mangrove crab; Ucides cordatus; Video observation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; BURROWING; CONSPECIFIC; CRAB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LEAF LITTER; MANGROVE; POPULATION DENSITY;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); RHIZOPHORA MANGLE; SCYLLA; UCIDES CORDATUS;

EID: 65749087677     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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