Life history of the ghost shrimp, Callianassa japonica Ortmann (Decapoda: Thalassinidea), on an intertidal sandflat in western Kyushu, Japan

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 223-250

  Tamaki, A ^a   Ingole, B ^b   Ikebe, K ^a   Muramatsu, K ^a   Taka, M ^a   Tanaka, M ^c  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Callianasa japonica; Density; Growth; Intertidal sandflat; Reproduction; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DENSITY; FEMALE; GROWTH; JAPAN; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SHRIMP; SURVIVAL;

CALLIANASSA JAPONICA; DECAPODA;

GHOST SHRIMP; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SANDFLAT; SURVIVAL RATE; TIDAL FLATS;

JAPAN, KYUSHU;

EID: 0030619677     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(96)02709-8     Document Type: Article

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