Behavioral responses to burial in the hermit crab, Pagurus samuelis: Implications for the fossil record

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 388, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 33-38

  Shives, Janelle A ^a,b   Dunbar, Stephen G ^a,b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Marine Research Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic condition; Flooding; In situ fossilization; Intertidal zone; Rapid sedimentation; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CRAB; DEPTH; FLOODING; FOSSIL RECORD; FOSSILIZATION; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PALEOECOLOGY; PREDATION RISK; SEDIMENTATION; SHELL; SURVIVAL; TAPHONOMY; WEIGHT;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PAGURUS SAMUELIS;

EID: 77953135192     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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