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Suction-induced habitat selection in sand bubbler crabs

We show that a decapod crustacean, the sand bubbler crab (SBC) Scopimera globosa, uses suction, which is the tension of moisture in the sediment, to select habitats at normal times and at the time of disaster events, through a range of controlled laboratory experiments and field observations at vari...

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Autores principales: Sassa, Shinji, Yang, Soonbo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6549993/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31218051
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.190088