Field-based body temperatures reveal behavioral thermoregulation strategies of the Atlantic marsh fiddler crab Minuca pugnax

Sarah Hews; Zahkeyah Allen; Adrienne Baxter; Jacquline Rich; Zahida Sheikh; Kayla Taylor; Jenny Wu; Heidi Zakoul; Renae Brodie

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0244458

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Field-based body temperatures reveal behavioral thermoregulation strategies of the Atlantic marsh fiddler crab Minuca pugnax

Sarah Hews ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sarah Hews, Renae Brodie

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Natural Science, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, United States of America, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6704-1841

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Zahkeyah Allen,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Biological Sciences, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, United States of America
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Adrienne Baxter,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Biological Sciences, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, United States of America
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Jacquline Rich,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Biological Sciences, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, United States of America
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Zahida Sheikh,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Biological Sciences, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, United States of America
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Kayla Taylor,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Biological Sciences, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, United States of America
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Jenny Wu,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Biological Sciences, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, United States of America
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Heidi Zakoul,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Biological Sciences, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, United States of America
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Renae Brodie

Contributed equally to this work with: Sarah Hews, Renae Brodie

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: rbrodie@mtholyoke.edu

Affiliation Biological Sciences, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, United States of America
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Field-based body temperatures reveal behavioral thermoregulation strategies of the Atlantic marsh fiddler crab Minuca pugnax

Sarah Hews,
Zahkeyah Allen,
Adrienne Baxter,
Jacquline Rich,
Zahida Sheikh,
Kayla Taylor,
Jenny Wu,
Heidi Zakoul,
Renae Brodie

Published: January 6, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244458

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