Short-term responses of the adults of the common Japanese intertidal crab, Hemigrapsus takanoi (Decapoda: Brachyura: Grapsoidea) at different salinities: Osmoregulation, -oxygen consumption and ammonia excretion

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 269-272

  Shinji, Junpei ^a   Strüssman, Carlos A ^b   Wilder, Marcy N ^c   Watanabe, Seiichi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonia excretion; Brachyura; Hemigrapsus takanoi; Hemolymph; Osmoregulation; Oxygen consumption; Respiratory physiology; Salinity

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSOIDEA; HEMIGRAPSUS;

EID: 66649109187     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/08-2998R.1     Document Type: Article

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