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The Influence of Salinity on Behaviour and Oxygen Uptake of the Hermit Crab Pagurus Bernhardus L.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

J. Davenport ,
P. M. C. F. Busschots  and
D. F. Cawthorne
J. Davenport
Affiliation:
N.E.R.C. Unit of Marine Invertebrate Biology, Marine Science Laboratories, Menai Bridge, Gwynedd
P. M. C. F. Busschots
Affiliation:
N.E.R.C. Unit of Marine Invertebrate Biology, Marine Science Laboratories, Menai Bridge, Gwynedd
D. F. Cawthorne
Affiliation:
N.E.R.C. Unit of Marine Invertebrate Biology, Marine Science Laboratories, Menai Bridge, Gwynedd
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Hermit crabs, Pagurus bernhardus L., are common inhabitants of the littoral zone where they may be found in pools and puddles on the lower and middle portions of rocky shores. Only small specimens are normally found between the tidemarks but large crabs are found sublittorally as deep as 450 m. Unlike many of the animals found at a similar level on the shore, such as mussels, barnacles and winkles, Pagurus does not penetrate estuaries to any great extent. However, the smaller animals found in the littoral zone are likely to encounter reduced salinity levels caused by rainfall and terrestrial runoff.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 60 , Issue 1 , February 1980 , pp. 127 - 134
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1980

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