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on the sandy shore with the size of the individual. We have also investigated the relationship between the life
stages of the individual with the different shapes of the burrow produced by the individual.
2 Materials and Methods
2.1 Study area
The present study was conducted on the exposed sandy shores of two study sites
viz.
Sutrapada (20
0
49’ 53" N,
70
0
29’ 17” E) and Kodinar (20
0
45’ 29" N, 70
0
39’ 39” E) located on the Saurashtra coast of Gujarat state, India
(Figure 1). The average width of sandy shores of the study sites was ~20 meters and all shores were steeply (>
2.5° slope) sloping. Both the study sites experience three different seasons like summer (March to June), monsoon
(July to October) and winter (November to February) in which summer is hot (42 °C mean air temperature) while
winter is cold (25 °C mean air temperature). The tides are semi diurnal with maximum tidal range of 2 meters.
Figure 1 Map of Study area. 1. Sutrapada, 2. Kodinar
