Hermit crabs and their symbionts: Reactions to artificially induced anoxia on a sublittoral sediment bottom

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 411, Issue , 2012, Pages 23-33

  Pretterebner, Katrin ^a   Riedel, Bettina ^a   Zuschin, Martin ^a   Stachowitsch, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Dead zone; Eutrophication; Hydrogen sulphide; Hypoxia

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACTIVITY PATTERN; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; AVOIDANCE REACTION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRAB; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECHINODERM; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EUTROPHICATION; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LOCOMOTION; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT; OXYGEN; SHELL; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPONGE; SUBSTRATE; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SUCCESSION; SYMBIONT; TOLERANCE;

ADRIATIC SEA; GULF OF TRIESTE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ACTINIARIA; CALLIACTIS PARASITICA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ECHINOIDEA; PAGURISTES EREMITA; PISIDIA; SCHIZASTER CANALIFERUS; SUBERITES; SUBERITES DOMUNCULA;

EID: 82055165583     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.10.027     Document Type: Article

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