Shell recruitment in the Mediterranean hermit crab Clibanarius erythropus

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 381, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-46

  Tricarico, Elena ^a   Bertocchi, Silvia ^a   Brusconi, Sara ^a   Chessa, Lorenzo Antonio ^b   Gherardi, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clibanarius erythropus; Gastropod predation sites; Hermit crabs; Shell recruitment

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; CRAB; GASTROPOD; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LOCOMOTION; MARKET SYSTEM; PREDATOR; PROTECTED AREA; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTION; SHELL; SURVIVAL;

ASINARA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SARDINIA; SASSARI; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CLIBANARIUS ERYTHROPUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; PAGURUS LONGICARPUS;

EID: 70349928649     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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