Locomotor activity, track and pattern of movement over 24 hours of the crab portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus) in a sub-tropical tidal passage

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland

Volumn 109, Issue , 2000, Pages 35-44

  Gribble, N A ^a   Thorne, M T ^b  

^a Agency for Food and Fibre   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Loco motor activity; Movement; Portunus pelagicus; Sand crab; Track; Ultrasonic tag

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888916372     PISSN: 0080469X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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