Camouflage and individual variation in shore crabs (Carcinus maenas) from different habitats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Stevens, Martin ^a   Lown, Alice E ^a   Wood, Louisa E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAMOUFLAGE; CARCINUS MAENAS; COLOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DIGITAL IMAGING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIELD STUDY; HABITAT; JUVENILE ANIMAL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; AGE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; BRACHYURA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PREDATION; ADOLESCENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JUVENILE; MUSSEL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SPECIES;

ANIMALIA; CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BRACHYURA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84990937752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115586     Document Type: Article

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