Decline and Local Extinction of Caribbean Eusocial Shrimp

The tropical shrimp genus Synalpheus includes the only eusocial marine animals. In much of the Caribbean, eusocial species have dominated the diverse fauna of sponge-dwelling shrimp in coral rubble for at least the past two decades. Here we document a recent, dramatic decline and apparent local exti...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Duffy, J. Emmett, Macdonald III, Kenneth S., Hultgren, Kristin M., Chak, Tin Chi Solomon, Rubenstein, Dustin R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
Materias:
Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3572134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23418429
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054637

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3572134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23418429
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054637

Ejemplares similares