Behaviour and time allocation of the mud shrimp, Corophium volutator, during the tidal cycle: A laboratory study

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-67

  de Backer, Annelies ^a,b   van Ael, Evy ^a   Vincx, Magda ^a   Degraer, Steven ^a,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amphipoda; Behaviour; Corophium volutator; Time allocation

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; AQUARIUM; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; LABORATORY METHOD; TIDAL CYCLE; TIME ALLOCATION;

AMPHIPODA; COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); UPOGEBIIDAE;

EID: 76649107895     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-009-0167-6     Document Type: Article

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