Shell partitioning of two sympatric hermit crabs, Pagurus middendorffii and P. brachiomastus, in north-eastern Hokkaido, Japan
Shell partitioning of two sympatric hermit crabs, Pagurus middendorffii and P. brachiomastus, in north-eastern Hokkaido, Japan
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日本北海道东北部两种同域寄居蟹(Pagurus middendorffii 和 P. brachiomastus)的壳划分
DOI:
10.1017/s0025315408000015
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发表时间:
2007
影响因子:
1.2
通讯作者:
S. Goshima
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文献类型:
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作者:
Takashi Oba;S. Wada;S. Goshima
The distribution, reproductive biology and shell utilization pattern of two sympatric hermit crab species in Akkeshi, north-eastern Hokkaido, were examined. Although spatial distributions of Pagurus middendorffii and P. brachiomastus highly overlapped and their body sizes were similar, their shell utilization and breeding season markedly differed. Since interspecific differences in the shell utilization pattern agreed with the experimentally determined shell preference difference, we conclude that the interspecific difference in shell preference results in the shell utilization patterns observed in the field. The interspecific difference in the reproductive period, shell utilization pattern and shell preference are concluded to be factors that allow the coexistence of the two Pagurus species in Akkeshi. This study is an example of resource partitioning by coexisting hermit crabs.
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发表时间:
2005
期刊:
Journal of Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 85
影响因子:
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作者:
Wada;S.;A.Mima;A.Ito
通讯作者:
A.Ito