Funding for this research was provided by:
Australian Research Council (DP160100316)
Research School of Biology (R4106052PB)
Article History
Received: 12 December 2017
Revised: 20 June 2018
Accepted: 26 July 2018
First Online: 10 August 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
: This research was approved by the Australian National University Animal Ethics Committee (permit A2015/54). We followed all required guidelines. We limited the handling and the amount of time each crab was used as much as possible. No crab was injured during the research, and they all continued their regular activities after release. The work was conducted under a research permit from the Darwin City Council (permit no. 3648724).
: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.