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Determination of temperature preference and the role of the enlarged cheliped in thermoregulation in male sand fiddler crabs, Uca pugilator
✍ Scribed by A. Windsor; M. Crowe; J. Bishop
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 236 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0306-4565
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✦ Synopsis
- Male Uca pugilator whose major cheliped was immersed in 3 1C water bath experienced a significant drop in T b .
Thus, the enlarged claw of male Uca pugilator may have an unexplored function: thermoregulation. 2. Crabs prefer warmer substrates (19-24 and 28-30 1C) over cooler (15-17 1C). 3. Mean selected temperature (MST) may not be an accurate reflection of T b . Crabs in a thermal chamber preferred temperatures between 25 and 30 1C but their average T b was 23.2 1C.