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THE WATER ECONOMY OF THREE SPECIES OF THE AMPHIBIOUS CRAB, POTAMON

J. W. T. Dandy Department of Zoology, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg
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D. W. Ewer Department of Zoology, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg
Pages 137-162 | Published online: 22 Mar 2010

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M.P. Hill & J.H. O'Keeffe. (1992) SOME ASPECTS OF THE ECOLOGY OF THE FRESHWATER CRAB (POTAMONAUTES PERLATUS MILNE EDWARDS) IN THE UPPER REACHES OF THE BUFFALO RIVER, EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA.. Southern African Journal of Aquatic Sciences 18:1-2, pages 42-50.
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W.J. van Aardt. (1990) Aerial and Aquatic Respiration in the River Crab Potamonautes Warreni Calman with Notes on Gill Structure. Southern African Journal of Aquatic Sciences 16:1-2, pages 16-36.
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Francesca Gherardi, Giuseppe Messana, Alberto Ugolini & Marco Vannini. (1988) Studies on the locomotor activity of the freshwater crab, Potamon fluviatile. Hydrobiologia 169:2, pages 241-250.
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E. W. Taylor, R. Tyler-Jones & M. G. Wheatly. (1987) The Effects of Aerial Exposure on the Distribution of Body Water and Ions in the Freshwater Crayfish Austropotamobius Pallipes (Lereboullet) . Journal of Experimental Biology 128:1, pages 307-322.
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P.G. Moore & Christine H. Francis. (1985) On the water relations and osmoregulation of the Beach-Hopper Orchestia gammarellus (Pallas) (Crustacea: amphipoda). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 94:1-3, pages 131-150.
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M.R Warburg & S Goldenberg. (1984) Water loss and haemolymph osmolarity of Potamon potamios, an aquatic land crab, under stress of dehydration and salinity. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology 79:3, pages 451-455.
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M.B Jones & J.G Greenwood. (1982) Water loss of a porcelain crab Petrolisthes elongatus (milne edwards, 1837) (decapoda, anomura) during atmospheric exposure. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology 72:4, pages 631-636.
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M.B. Jones & M.J. Simons. (1981) Habitat preferences of two estuarine burrowing crabs Helice crassa Dana (Grapsidae) and Macrophthalmus hirtipes (Jacquinot) (Ocypodidae). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 56:1, pages 49-62.
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Peter Greenaway. (1980) Water Balance and Urine Production in the Australian Arid-Zone Crab Holthuisana Transversa . Journal of Experimental Biology 87:1, pages 237-246.
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Peter L. Lutz. (1969) Salt and water balance in the West African fresh-water/land crab Sudanonautes africanusafricanus and the effects of desiccation. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 30:3, pages 469-480.
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