Multivariate analysis of the mud crab Scylla serrata (Brachyura: Portunidae) from four locations in Southeast Asia

Marine Biology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-62

  Overton, J L ^a,c   Macintosh, D J ^a,c   Thorpe, R S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCYLLA SERRATA; BRACHYURA; DECAPODA; PORTUNIDAE;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MANGROVE SWAMPS; PHENOTYPES;

MALAYSIA, SARAWAK; THAILAND; VIETNAM;

EID: 0030609606     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050068     Document Type: Article

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