Determination of temperature preference and the role of the enlarged cheliped in thermoregulation in male sand fiddler crabs, Uca pugilator

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-41

  Windsor, A ^a   Crowe, M ^a,b   Bishop, J ^a  

^a Department of Public Health   (United States)

^b XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crabs; Dimorphism; Fiddler crab; Ocypode; Thermal preference; Uca

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BATH; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; HEAT TRANSFER; MALE; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOREGULATION;

CELUCA PUGILATOR; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODE; OCYPODIDAE; UCA;

EID: 9244233351     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2004.06.006     Document Type: Article

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