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Acoustic Signalling and Detection by Semiterrestrial Crabs of the Family Ocypodidae

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Behavior of Marine Animals

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The burrow-dwelling, semiterrestrial crabs of the family Ocypodidae have radiated to occupy many different types of habitats from the tropics to the temperate regions. In some species, individuals may be relatively isolated from one another, while other species live in dense colonies with adjacent burrows separated by a few inches. The group displays a wide spectrum of difference in behavioral organization and complexity. Only one genus in the family, the fiddler crabs (Uca), has received broad study. A summary of current advances knowledge of the behavior, ecology, and physiology of these and other semiterrestrial crustaceans has recently been published in the American Zoologist (Barnwell, 1968; Bliss, 1968; Miller and Vernberg, 1968; Salmon and Atsaides, 1968; Schöne, 1968).

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  1. Department of Zoology, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, USA

    Michael Salmon

  2. Department of Physiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

    Kenneth W. Horch

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  1. Narragansett Marine Laboratory, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA

    Howard E. Winn (Professor of Oceanography and Zoology) (Professor of Oceanography and Zoology)

  2. U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service, North Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Research Center Laboratory for Environmental Relations of Fishes, Highlands, New Jersey, USA

    Bori L. Olla (Head, Behavior Department) (Head, Behavior Department)

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Salmon, M., Horch, K.W. (1972). Acoustic Signalling and Detection by Semiterrestrial Crabs of the Family Ocypodidae. In: Winn, H.E., Olla, B.L. (eds) Behavior of Marine Animals. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0907-9_2

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