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Victoria University of Technology

Burrowing and feeding ecology of the ghost shrimp Biffarius arenosus (Decapoda: Callianassidae)

Abstract

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The thalassinidean ghost shrimp, Biffarius arenosus(Decapoda: Callianassidae), is a dominant component of coastal soft sediment communities in temperate south-eastern Australia. This thesis investigated the burrowing and feeding ecology of a population of shrimps inhabiting an intertidal sandflat in Western Port, Victoria.

Degree

thesis:*
Name dc:type.qualificationname
phd
Level dc:type.qualificationlevel
doctoral
Grantor dc:publisher.institution
Victoria University of Technology
Year dc:date.issued
1997

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Bird, Fiona Louise

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
en

Chain of custody

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Victoria University (Australia)
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Last updated
2026-07-24
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citation

Bird, Fiona Louise. Burrowing and feeding ecology of the ghost shrimp Biffarius arenosus (Decapoda: Callianassidae). doctoral thesis, Victoria University of Technology, 1997.