Reproductive periods and larval abundance patterns of the crabs Panopeus africanus and Uca tangeri in a shallow inlet (SW Spain)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 149, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 133-142

  Rodriguez A ^a   Drake, P ^a   Arias, A M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abundance patterns; Hatching rhythms; Larval stages; Panopeus africanus; Reproductive period; Uca tangeri

Indexed keywords

PANOPEUS AFRICANUS; UCA TANGERI; DECAPODA;

ABUNDANCE; CRAB LARVA; CRUSTACEAN LARVAE; HATCHING RHYTHM; HATCHING RHYTHMS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTON; TIDAL INLET; TIDAL INLETS;

SPAIN, ANDALUCIA, RIO SAN PEDRO;

EID: 0030619208     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps149133     Document Type: Article

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