Intertidal zones are highly dynamic environments. At low tide, temperatures and salinities in
intertidal tide pools can change substantially and quickly, depending on the weather …

The widespread coastal hermit crab Pagurus longicarpus relies on empty gastropod shells
for shelter. At low tide, these hermit crabs often become stranded in tide pools, where …

Hermit crabs of the species Pagurus longicarpus can be found in many Massachusetts tide
pools. Temperatures and salinities in tide pools change far more rapidly than they do …

̶ Sedimentation and increasing temperature caused by human disturbances and global
climate change are additive in their effects on coastal areas. To assess their influence on …

Global warming is expected to result in milder New England winters. In this study we
monitored changes in hermit crab shell quality at Nahant, Massachusetts, USA, at intervals …

Most hermit crabs have a specialized lifestyle that requires them to occupy gastropod shells.
The size of shells that hermit crabs inhabit relative to their body size affects their growth …

The degree of three behavioral responses (aggregation with other individuals, movement
towards shaded locations and shell exiting) shown by the coexisting hermit crabs, Pagurus …

Shell preference patterns of two common hermit crabs from hard bottom reef flats on the
Caribbean coast of Panama are examined in relation to the predation pressures and …

We examined the prevalence and shell use of two species of hermit crabs (Pagurus
granosimanus and Pagurus beringanus) in exposed and protected microhabitats at five sites …

Hermit crabs that rely on gastropod shells for protection have to assess a number of shell
features, each of which can bring different, and sometimes conflicting, advantages to their …