Intraspecific, size-dependent variation in the movement behaviour of a brackish-water isopod: A resource-free laboratory experiment

Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 321-337

  Mancinelli, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body size; Fractal dimension isopod; Lekanesphaera hookeri; Movement behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY SIZE; BRACKISH WATER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; ISOPOD; JUVENILE; MATURATION; MORPHOMETRY; MOVEMENT; SEASONALITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TORTUOSITY;

ISOPODA; LEKANESPHAERA HOOKERI; SPHAEROMATIDAE;

EID: 78649401899     PISSN: 10236244     EISSN: 10290362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236244.2010.512728     Document Type: Article

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