Abundance, population structure and claw morphology of the semi-terrestrial crab Pachygrapsus marmoratus (Fabricius, 1787) on shores of differing wave exposure

Marine Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2591-2599

  Silva, Ana Catarina Ferreira ^a,b   Brazão, Sónia ^c   Hawkins, Steve J ^b,d   Thompson, Richard C ^a   Boaventura, Diana M ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Escola Superior de Educacao Joao de Deus   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE INDEX; BODY SIZE; CORRELATION; CRAB; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREY SELECTION; WAVE ACTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PACHYGRAPSUS MARMORATUS; THORACICA;

EID: 70350422667     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1283-1     Document Type: Article

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